A novel lightweight dual-frequency dual-polarized sixteen-element stacked patch microstrip array antenna for soil-moisture and sea-surface-salinity missions

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 33-46

  Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a   Kona, Keerti S ^a   Manteghi, Majid ^a   Yueh, Simon ^b   Wilson, William J ^b   Dinardo, Steve ^b   Hunter, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; Microstrip antennas; Microstrip arrays; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA LOBES; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

BEAM EFFICIENCY; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 34047201540     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2006.323342     Document Type: Article

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