Microwave sampling beamformer - Prototype verification and switch design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Farzaneh, Sadegh ^a   Sebak, Abdel Razik ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude phase control; Beam steering; Microwave beamforming (MBF); Microwave sampling beamformer (MSBF)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE-PHASE CONTROL; ANTENNA ELEMENT; BEAM-STEERING; CONTROL CIRCUITRY; CONTROL CIRCUITS; CONTROL HARDWARES; MICROWAVE BEAMFORMING (MBF); MICROWAVE SAMPLING BEAMFORMER; MICROWAVE SAMPLING BEAMFORMER (MSBF); NULL FORMING; PIN DIODE; PROTOTYPE VERIFICATION; PULSE TRAIN; PULSEWIDTHS; SIDELOBE LEVELS; STEERING ANGLES; SWITCH DESIGNS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; BEAMFORMING; DELAY CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; PHASE CONTROL; PHASE SHIFT; TIME DELAY;

DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349993765     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2009080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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