Three-layer printed reflectarrays for contoured beam space applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1138-1148

  Encinar, José A ^a   Zornoza, J Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contoured beam; Multilayer; Pattern synthesis; Reflectarray

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION;

CONTOURED BEAM; REFLECTARRAY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 2942538526     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.827506     Document Type: Article

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