A simple alternative for beam reconfiguration of array antennas

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2008, Pages 227-240

  Ares, F ^a   Franceschetti, G ^b   Rodriguez, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELEMENTS; ARRAY ANTENNAS; ARRAY ELEMENTS; BEAM CONFIGURATION; FEED THROUGH; FLAT TOPPED BEAM; FOOTPRINT PATTERNS; IMPEDANCE MATRICES; INNOVATIVE METHOD; LINEAR ARRAYS; PARALLEL DIPOLES; PARASITIC ELEMENT; PLANAR ARRAYS; POWER PATTERN; PRESENTED EXAMPLES; RECONFIGURABILITY; SELF AND MUTUAL IMPEDANCE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

ARRAY PROCESSING;

EID: 70349373034     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER08110303     Document Type: Article

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