Direct radiating arrays for satellite communications via aperiodic tilings

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2009, Pages 107-124

  Morabito, A F ^a   Isernia, T ^a   Labate, M G ^b   D'Urso, M ^b   Bucci, O M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; RADIATION;

APERIODIC TILINGS; APERTURE EFFICIENCY; GRATING LOBES; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RADIATING SOURCES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SUB-ARRAYS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 69849083201     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09040908     Document Type: Article

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