Investigations into unit cells offering an increased phasing range for single-layer printed reflectarrays

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1028-1032

  Sayidmarie, K H ^a   Bialkowski, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas; Printed antennas; Reflectarray; Resonant elements

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RESONANCE;

ELEMENTS DIMENSIONS; PRINTED ANTENNAS; REFLECTARRAY; RESONANT ELEMENTS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 41849147169     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23285     Document Type: Article

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