Reflectarray research at the communications Research Centre Canada

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 31-52

  Shaker, Jafar ^a   Chaharmir, M Reza ^a   Cuhaci, Michel ^a   Ittipiboon, Apisak ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Multifrequency antennas; Power combiners; Reconfigurable architectures; Reflectarray; Satellite antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS;

BEAM STEERING; MULTIFREQUENCY ANTENNAS; POWER COMBINERS; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES; REFLECTARRAY; SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 55649096674     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4653661     Document Type: Article

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