Ultra-wideband low-cost phased-array radars

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3697-3702

  Rodenbeck, Christopher T ^a,b   Kim, Sang Gyu ^a,c   Tu, Wen Hua ^a,c   Coutant, Matthew R ^a,b,c,d   Hong, Seungpyo ^a,c   Li, Mingyi ^a,c   Chang, Kai ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs); Phased arrays; Ultra wideband radar

Indexed keywords

BEAM STEERING; PHASED ARRAYS; RADAR APPLICATIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADAR;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE SHIFTERS;

RADAR;

EID: 29544447066     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.856668     Document Type: Article

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