Fundamental properties and optimization of broadside radiation from uniform leaky-wave antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1442-1452

  Lovat, Giampiero ^a   Burghignoli, Paolo ^a   Jackson, David R ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadside radiation; Grounded slab; Leaky waves; Leaky wave antennas (LWAs)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION;

BROADSIDE RADIATION; LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA; PATTERN BEAMWIDTH; TRANSVERSE EQUIVALENT NETWORK MODEL;

ANTENNA RADIATION;

EID: 33646533992     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.874350     Document Type: Article

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