Analysis of circularly polarized hemispheroidal dielectric resonator antenna phased arrays using the method of auxiliary sources

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2163-2173

  Larsen, Niels Vesterdal ^a,b   Breinbjerg, Olav ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Thrane and Thrane A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs); Method of auxiliary sources; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC RESONATORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUXILIARY SOURCES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNA; DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS (DRAS); HEMISPHEROIDAL ANTENNAS; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTH;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 34249989028     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.900257     Document Type: Article

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