Tunable liquid crystal reflectarray patch element

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 509-511

  Hu, W ^a   Ismail, M Y ^a   Cahill, R ^a   Gamble, H S ^a   Dickie, R ^a   Fusco, V F ^a   Linton, D ^a   Rea, S P ^b   Grant, N ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCANNING; TUNING;

PATCH ELEMENTS; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL REFLECTARRAY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33646385873     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20060571     Document Type: Article

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