Spatial density tapered sunflower antenna array

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 778-782

  Vigano M C ^a   Toso, G ^b   Caille, G ^c   Mangenot, C ^c   Lager, I E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APERIODIC ARRAYS; BEAM FORMING NETWORK; CONTROL POINT; PENCIL BEAM; PLANAR ARRAYS; SCANNING RANGE; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SPATIAL DENSITIES; SUNFLOWER SEEDS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 70349862189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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