Design of a linear nonuniform CPW-fed slot array with reduced sidelobe levels

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2175-2178

  Jacobs, J P ^a   Joubert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguides; Multilayered media; Mutual coupling; Slot antennas; Slot arrays

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE METHODS; CPW-FED; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MULTILAYERED MEDIA; MUTUAL COUPLING; NONUNIFORM; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SLOT ARRAYS; THIN SUBSTRATE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 67749084295     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24532     Document Type: Article

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