Reactively steered ring antenna array for automotive application

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1902-1908

  Sugiura, Shinya ^a   Iizuka, Hideo ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active antennas; Antenna arrays; Direction of arrival estimation; Road vehicles; Varactors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ANTENNA CONFIGURATION; DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; REACTANCE CIRCUITS; REACTIVELY STEERED RING ANTENNA ARRAY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SMART ANTENNAS; VARACTORS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 34547115001     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.900251     Document Type: Article

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