Fully printed phased-array antenna for space communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7318, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Maggie Yihong ^a   Lu, Xuejun ^b   Subbaraman, Harish ^c   Chen, Ray T ^c  

^a Omega Optics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Field effect transistor; Phased array antenna; Space communication; True time delay

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; FET SWITCHES; INK-JET; KAPTON SUBSTRATE; ON-OFF RATIO; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNA; RF SIGNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPACE COMMUNICATION; SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; TRUE-TIME DELAY;

ANTENNAS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; MESFET DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; SENSORS; TIME DELAY;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 69549090176     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.819036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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