Receiving phased antenna array based on injection-locked harmonic self-oscillating mixers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 645-651

  Ver Hoeye, Samuel ^a   Vázquez, Carlos ^a   Fernandez, Miguel ^a   Herrán, Luis Fernando ^a   Las Heras, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Injection locked oscillators; Microwave phase shifters; Phased arrays; Shaped beam antennas

Indexed keywords

BEAM STEERING; INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFTERS; PHASED ARRAYS; SHAPED BEAM ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY BANDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCANNING;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 65549086995     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2013439     Document Type: Article

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