A Different Perspective on Taper Efficiency for Array Antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 II, 2003, Pages 2963-2967

  Holzman, Eric L ^a,b  

^a Telaxis Communications Corporation   (United States)

^b YDI Wireless   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna array taper efficiency; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; PHASE SHIFT; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

TAPER EFFICIENCY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0142094658     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.818003     Document Type: Article

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