Analysis of a Hard Strip-Loaded Conical Horn by the Method of Generalized Scattering Matrices

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 II, 2003, Pages 2918-2925

  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; Horn antennas

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; HORN ANTENNAS; SCATTERING; STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

SCATTERING MATRICES;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 0142063060     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.817571     Document Type: Article

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