Multifed printed reflectarray with three simultaneous shaped beams for LMDS central station antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1518-1527

  Arrebola, Manuel ^a   Encinar, José A ^b   Barba, Mariano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Local multipoint distribution system (LMDS); Multibeam antenna; Multifeed reflectarray; Reflectarray; Shaped beam antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ANTENNA GEOMETRY; BEAM SHAPING; CENTRAL STATION (CS); DESIGN PROCESSES; GHZ BAND; LINEAR (LP) POLARIZATION; LOCAL MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (LMDS); PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION PATTERNS; REFLECTARRAY; SHAPED BEAMS; STACKED PATCHES; TWO LAYERS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 45549101218     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.923360     Document Type: Article

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