The phase-switched screen

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 23-37

  Chambers, Barry ^a   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic scattering by absorbing media; Intelligent materials; Intelligent structures; Modulation; Radar cross sections

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MODULATION; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

PHASE SWITCHED SCREEN; TRANSMISSION LINE ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 14644399218     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1396733     Document Type: Article

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