A beam-scanning and polarization-agile antenna array using mutually coupled oscillating doublers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4051-4057

  Yen, Shih Chieh ^a,b   Chu, Tah Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillator systems; Injection locked oscillators; Phased arrays; Polarization control

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

COUPLED OSCILLATOR SYSTEMS; INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATORS; POLARIZATION CONTROL;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 29444443644     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.859751     Document Type: Article

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