Demonstration of a shaped beam reflectarray using aperture-coupled delay lines for LMDS central station antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3103-3111

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aperture coupling; Local multipoint distribution system (LMDS); Reflectarray; Shaped beam antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; POLARIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; WAVES;

APERTURE COUPLING; CENTRAL STATIONS; DELAY LINES; DESIGN PROCESSES; GHZ BANDS; LOCAL MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (LMDS); LOCAL MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE-SHIFT; RADIATION PATTERNS; REFLECTARRAY; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; SHAPED BEAM ANTENNAS; SHAPED BEAMS; SHAPED PATTERNS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 54249161964     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.929452     Document Type: Article

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