Single-layer waveguide feed for uniform plane TEM-wave in oversized-rectangular waveguide with hard-surface sidewalls

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2813-2819

  Samardžija, Miroslav ^a   Kai, Takafumi ^a   Hirokawa, Jiro ^a   Ando, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hard surface; Oversized waveguide; Uniform TEM wave

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SLOT ANTENNAS;

OVERSIZED WAVEGUIDE; SLOT-ARRAY ANTENNA;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33750093905     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882166     Document Type: Article

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