Scan blindness free phased array design using PBG materials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2000-2007

  Zhang, Lijun ^a   Castaneda, Jesus A ^a   Alexopoulos, Nicolaos G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE WAVES;

FLOQUET MODES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP SUBSTRATE; SCAN BLINDNESS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 4344634436     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.832516     Document Type: Article

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