W-band Fresnel zone plate reflector for helicopter collision avoidance radar

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1452-1456

  Nguyen, B D ^a   Migliaccio, C ^a   Pichot, Ch ^a   Yamamoto, K ^b   Yonemoto, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surface (FSS); Millimeter wave antenna array; Printed circuit antennas; Reflectarrays; Reflector antenna feeds; Reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HELICOPTERS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE; PRINTED CIRCUIT ANTENNAS; REFLECTARRAYS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 34249307300     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.895637     Document Type: Article

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