Bandwidth limits of beamforming networks for low-noise focal-plane arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 1 II, 2005, Pages 450-454

  Veidt, Bruce ^a   Dewdney, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Array signal processing; Multibeam antennas; Phased arrays; Radio astronomy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; BEAMFORMING NETWORKS; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 13244253843     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.838781     Document Type: Article

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