Analysis of Conical Quasi-TEM Horn with a Hard Corrugated Section

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 I, 2003, Pages 2723-2731

  Skobelev, Sergei P ^a   Kildal, Per Simon ^b  

^a Joint Stock Company Radiophyzika   (Russian Federation)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenna feeds; Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) surfaces; Hard surfaces; Horn antennas

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA FEEDS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 0142031111     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.817564     Document Type: Article

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