A beam-scanning dual-polarized fan-beam antenna suitable for millimeter wavelengths

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 8 I, 2005, Pages 2516-2524

  Hay, Stuart G ^a   Archer, John W ^a   Timms, Greg P ^a   Smith, Stephanie L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Scanning antennas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HORN ANTENNAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; ANTENNA THEORY; BEAM SCANNING; DUAL POLARIZED FAN BEAM;

SCANNING ANTENNAS;

EID: 27644585313     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.852298     Document Type: Article

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