Innovative dual band reconfigurable beam forming network for conformal arrays

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1782-1785

  Gatti, R Vincenti ^a   Ocera, A ^a   Marcaccioli, L ^a   Sorrentino, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformal arrays; Dual band systems; Reconfigurable power dividers; Smart antennas

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SHIFTERS; SMART ANTENNAS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CONFORMAL ARRAYS; DUAL BAND PHASE SHIFTERS; DUAL BAND RECONFIGURABLE BEAMS; DUAL BAND SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE POWER DIVIDERS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 41649100744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2006.281016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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