Dual-polarized microstrip patch planar array antennas with improved port-to-port isolation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3433-3439

  Aćimović, Igor ^a,b   McNamara, Derek A ^a   Petosa, Aldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dual polarized array; Port isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; COMPUTER NETWORKS;

BEAMFORMING NETWORKS; CENTER FREQUENCIES; DUAL-POLARIZED ARRAY; ELEMENT GEOMETRIES; MICROSTRIP; MICROSTRIP PATCHES; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PLANAR ARRAYS; PORT ISOLATION; PORT ISOLATIONS; PORT-TO-PORT ISOLATIONS;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

EID: 57149123289     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2005450     Document Type: Article

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