Aperiodic arrays for space applications: A combined amplitude/density synthesis approach

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2026-2030

  Angeletti, Piero ^a   Toso, Giovanni ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE EXCITATION; APERIODIC ARRAYS; DETERMINISTIC TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349881825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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