Conformal phased array with beam forming for airborne satellite communication

2008 International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, WSA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 343-350

  Schippers, H ^a   Verpoorte, J ^a   Jorna, P ^a   Hulzinga, A ^a   Meijerink, A ^b   Roeloffzen, C ^b   Heideman, R G ^c   Leinse, A ^c   Wintels, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c LIONIX BV   (Netherlands)

^d Cyner Substrates   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ANTENNA; AIRCRAFT FUSELAGES; ANTENNA ELEMENTS; ANTENNA SYSTEMS; BEAM FORMING; BEAM SYNTHESIS; CONFORMAL ARRAYS; DUAL-LINEAR POLARIZATION; KU-BAND; LOW-PROFILE; PHASED ARRAYS; PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNAS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; STACKED PATCH ANTENNAS; TRUNCATED SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; FUSELAGES; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; POLARIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; RADAR; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SMART ANTENNAS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 49749137947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSA.2008.4475580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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