Novel Modal Properties and Relevant Scanning Behaviors of Phased Arrays of Microstrip Leaky-Wave Antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3228-3238

  Baccarelli, Paolo ^a   Burghignoli, Paolo ^a   Frezza, Fabrizio ^a   Galli, Alessandro ^a   Lampariello, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Complex modes; Leaky wave antennas (LWA); Microstrip lines; Microwave scanning antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COSTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP LINES; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE SHIFT; RADIATION; SCANNING; SURFACE WAVES;

COMPLEX MODES; LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNAS (LWA); MICROWAVE SCANNING ANTENNAS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 1142289768     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.820962     Document Type: Article

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