Design and development of smart skin conformal antenna with mems structural sensors and actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3046, Issue , 1997, Pages 94-105

  Varadan, V K ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; STEERABLE ANTENNAS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TRACKING RADAR;

CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONICALLY TUNABLE; EMBEDDED ANTENNA; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 0342823161     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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