Ultra-thin tunable microwave absorber using liquid crystals

Electronics Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-38

  Fusco, V F ^a   Cahill, R ^a   Hu, W ^a   Simms, S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; SUBSTRATES;

MICROSTRIP PATCHES; MICROWAVE ABSORBERS; RADAR ABSORBERS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 37249074906     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20082191     Document Type: Article

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