Reflectarray element based on aperture-coupled patches with slots and lines of variable length

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 820-825

  Carrasco, Eduardo ^a   Barba, Mariano ^a   Encinar, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phase shifters; Reflectarray; Reflector antenna; Scattering matrices; True time delay

Indexed keywords

PERMITTIVITY; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCATTERING; TIME DELAY;

PHASE DELAY; REFLECTARRAY; TRUE-TIME DELAY (TTD) LINES;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 34047229494     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.891863     Document Type: Article

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