An electronically tunable reflectarray using varactor diode-tuned elements

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1827-1830

  Hum, Sean V ^a,b   Okoniewski, Michal ^b  

^a TRLABS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SCATTERING; TUNING; VARACTORS;

BEAM PATTERNS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) CODE; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; VARACTOR DIODES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 4544278626     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/aps.2004.1330555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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