Gain and aperture efficiency for a reflector antenna with an array feed

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 499-502

  Warnick, Karl F ^a   Jeffs, Brian D ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active arrays; Antenna array feeds; Aperture efficiency; Array gain; Gain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ARRAYS; ANTENNA ARRAY FEEDS; APERTURE EFFICIENCY; ARRAY GAIN; GAIN;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 46649108443     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.886308     Document Type: Article

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