Compact light weight UHF arrays using long slot apertures

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2009-2015

  Lee, J J ^a   Livingston, Stan ^a   Koenig, Rick ^a   Nagata, Dennis ^a   Lai, Larry L ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light weight; Long slots; Low profile; Phased array; UHF; Wideband

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; RADAR ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; UHF DEVICES;

LIGHT WEIGHT ARRAYS; LONG SLOT APERTURES; ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 33746918680     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.877169     Document Type: Article

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