A sparse retrodirective transponder array with a time shared phase-conjugator

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2367-2372

  Goshi, Darren S ^a   Leong, Kevin M K H ^a,b   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Phased arrays; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Retrodirective arrays; Sparse arrays; Switching arrays; Transponders

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; MODULATORS; RADIO EQUIPMENT; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RETRODIRECTIVE ARRAYS; SPARSE ARRAYS;

TRANSPONDERS;

EID: 34548162864     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.901852     Document Type: Article

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