Performance of reflectarray cells printed on liquid crystal film

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 2034-2037

  Ismail, M Y ^a,b   Hu, W ^a   Cahill, R ^a   Gamble, H S ^a   Dickie, R ^a   Fusco, V F ^a   Linton, D ^a   Rea, S P ^c   Grant, N ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Non linear dielectrics; Phased array antennas; Reflectarrays

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FILM THICKNESS; FLUIDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID FILMS; MICROWAVES; PLASTIC FILMS; POWDERS;

ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES; ASIA PACIFIC; CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; MEAS URED RESULTS; PLANE-WAVE SCATTERING; REFLECTARRAY; REFLECTION LOSSES; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED;

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 44949112316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APMC.2006.4429811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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