A 2-D phase-detecting/heterodyne-scanning retrodirective array

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2856-2864

  Watanabe, Monte K ^a,b   Pang, Ryan N ^a,b   Takase, Brandon O ^a,b   Akagi, Justin M ^a,b   Shiroma, Grant S ^a,b   Shiroma, Wayne A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Phased arrays; Retrodirective arrays

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CIRCUITS; HETERODYNE SCANNING; PHASE SHIFTING NETWORKS; RETRODIRECTIVE ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SHIFT; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

PHASE CONTROL;

EID: 36949010303     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.909883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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