Two-Dimensional Beam Steering Using an Electrically Tunable Impedance Surface

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 I, 2003, Pages 2713-2722

  Sievenpiper, Daniel F ^a   Schaffner, James H ^a   Jae Song, H ^a   Loo, Robert Y ^b   Tangonan, Gregory ^c  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b Wireless MEMS Inc   (United States)

^c ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Grid arrays; High impedance surfaces; Impedance sheets; Reconfigurable antennas; Scanning antennas; Textured surfaces; Tunable antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

GRID ARRAYS;

SCANNING ANTENNAS;

EID: 0142126337     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.817558     Document Type: Article

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