Design, development, and testing of X-band amplifying reflectarrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1065-1076

  Bialkowski, Marek E ^a,b   Robinson, Ashley W ^a,c,d   Song, Hyok J ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Filtronic Components Australia   (Australia)

^d Micreo Ltd   (Australia)

^e Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstrip arrays; Microwave power amplifiers; Power combiners; Reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

PATCH ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0036698998     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.801393     Document Type: Article

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