A combined electromagnetic and microwave antenna system simulator for radio astronomy

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 626 SP, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Maaskant, Rob ^a   Yang, Bill ^b  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna noise; Antenna system model; Microwave receiver; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

MICRO WAVE SIMULATORS; MONOPOLE ARRAY RECEIVER SYSTEMS; POWER LEVELS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 33847367634     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eucap.2006.4839073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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