Dielectric slab Rotman lens

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 348-350

  Kim, Jaeheung ^a   Cho, Choon Sik ^b   Barnes, Frank S ^c  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric slab waveguide; Rotman lens

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MICROSTRIP LINES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADAR SYSTEMS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

BEAM PORTS; DIELECTRIC SLAB WAVEGUIDES; ROTMAN LENSES; TAPERED SLOT ANTENNAS (TSA);

LENSES;

EID: 18944389528     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.847706     Document Type: Article

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