Linear antenna arrays with bidirectional phase center motion

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1829-1835

  Yang, Shiwen ^a   Gan, Yeow Beng ^b   Tan, Peng Khiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Doppler effect; Moving phase center; Time modulation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; BANDWIDTH; DOPPLER EFFECT; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BIDIRECTIONAL PHASE CENTER MODULATION; LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAYS; MOVING PHASE CENTER; TIME MODULATION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 19144362044     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.846754     Document Type: Article

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