The effects of imbalanced phase shifters loss on phased array gain

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 192-196

  Fakharzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Mousavi, Pedram ^a,b   Safavi Naeini, Safieddin ^a   Jamali, Seyyed Hamidreza ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Intelwaves Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Array efficiency; Insertion loss; Noncoherent beamforming; Phase shifter; Phased array antennas

Indexed keywords

ARRAY EFFICIENCY; ARRAY GAIN; ELEMENT ARRAY; NON-COHERENT; OPTICAL BEAM-FORMING NETWORKS; PHASE CONJUGATES; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHASED ARRAYS; TRUE TIME DELAY LINE;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; INSERTION LOSSES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67649413318     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.920849     Document Type: Article

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