The leaky lens: A broad-band fixed-beam leaky-wave antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3240-3246

  Neto, Andrea ^a   Bruni, Simona ^a,b   Gerini, Giampiero ^a   Sabbadini, Marco ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broad band antennas; Leaky waves; Lens antennas; Slot antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; LENSES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; WAVEGUIDES;

BROADBAND ANTENNAS; LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS; LEAKY WAVES; LENS ANTENNAS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 27644499959     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.856351     Document Type: Article

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