Analysis of dual-reflector antennas with a reflectarray as subreflector

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Arrebola, Manuel ^a   de Haro, Leandro ^b   Encinar, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Multireflector antennas; Reflectarray; Reflector antennas; Shaped beam antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; REFLECTION; SCANNING ANTENNAS;

BEAM-STEERING; MULTIREFLECTOR ANTENNAS; REFLECTARRAYS; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; SHAPED BEAM ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 60549105878     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4768921     Document Type: Article

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