Piezoelectric transducer controlled multiple beam phased array using microstrip rotman lens

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-249

  Kim, Sang Gyu ^a   Zepeda, Paola ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple beam; Phased array; Piezoelectric transducer (PET); Rotman lens

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ETCHING; FREQUENCIES; LENSES; PHASE SHIFTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

BEAMFORMERS; MULTIPLE BEAMS; PHASED ARRAYS; ROTMAN LENS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 18144385890     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.845728     Document Type: Article

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