Rotman lens for mm-wavelengths

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4935, Issue , 2002, Pages 215-221

  Hall, Leonard ^a   Hansen, Hedley ^b   Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microstrip; mm wavelengths; Phased array; Rotman lens

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; SENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

MICROSTRIP TRANSMISSION LINES;

LENSES;

EID: 0038640528     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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