Cassegrain offset subreflector-fed X/Ka dual-band reflectarray with thin membranes

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2838-2844

  Han, Chulmin ^a   Huang, John ^b   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassegrain system; Inflatable membrane; Microstrip ring; Reflectarray antenna; Subreflector (SR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; BANDWIDTH; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION;

CASSEGRAIN SYSTEM; MICROSTRIP PATCH ARRAYS; MICROSTRIP RING; PHASE CORRECTIONS; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNA; SUBREFLECTOR;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33750114180     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882176     Document Type: Article

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