Decoupling efficiency of a wideband Vivaldi focal plane array feeding a reflector antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-382

  Ivashina, Marianna V ^a   Kehn, Malcolm Ng Mou ^b,c   Kildal, Per Simon ^d   Maaskant, Rob ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenna array feed; Aperture efficiency; Decoupling efficiency; Mutual coupling; Radiation efficiency; Tapered slot antenna array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAY FEED; APERTURE EFFICIENCY; DECOUPLING EFFICIENCY; MUTUAL COUPLING; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; TAPERED SLOT ANTENNA ARRAY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; FEEDING; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; REVERBERATION; SLOT ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 65249138151     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2011184     Document Type: Article

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