Folded multilayer microstrip reflectarray with shaped pattern

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 510-518

  Zornoza, J Agustín ^a   Leberer, Ralf ^a   Encinar, Jose A ^b   Menzel, Wolfgang ^c  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folded reflector; Multilayer; Printed reflectarray; Shaped beam

Indexed keywords

BASE STATION ANTENNAS; FOLDED REFLECTOR; MULTIFREQUENCY PATTERNS; MULTILAYER MICROSTRIP; PATTERN SPECIFICATIONS; PRINTED REFLECTARRAY; SHAPED BEAM; THEORETICAL PATTERNS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; MULTILAYERS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; REFLECTION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33645712943     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863101     Document Type: Article

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