Design and realization of a 4 × 4 microstrip butler matrix without any crossing in millimeter waves

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 462-465

  Dall'Omo, C ^a   Monediere, T ^a   Jecko, B ^a   Lamour, F ^b   Wolk, I ^b   Elkael, M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b THALES COMMUNICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Butler matrix; Millimeter waves

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA LOBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE SHIFTERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA DESIGN; BUTLER MATRIX; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; POWER DIVIDERS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0041786616     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11090     Document Type: Article

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