Elimination of scan blindness in phased array of microstrip patches using electromagnetic bandgap materials

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-65

  Fu, Yunqi ^a   Yuan, Naichang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG); Phased array; Scan blindness; Surface wave

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY GAP; FREQUENCIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; SCANNING; SURFACE WAVES; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP (EBG); PHASED ARRAYS; SCAN BLINDNESS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 11944255613     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2004.827891     Document Type: Article

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