ICARA: Induced-Current Analysis of Reflector Antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-100

  Martínez Lorenzo, José A ^a   Pino, Antonio G ^a   Vega, Isidro ^a   Arias, Marcos ^a   Rubiños, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Physical optics; Reflector antenna blockage; Reflector antenna feeds; Reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL OPTICS;

FEED MODELS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; REFLECTOR ANTENNA BLOCKAGE; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 23944513005     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2005.1487792     Document Type: Article

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