Improvement of beam scanning characteristics of a dielectric lens antenna by array feeds

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E91-A, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1616-1624

  Tajima, Yousuke ^a   Yamada, Yoshihide ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Array feeds; Dielectric lens antenna; Radiation pattern synthesis; Wide angle scanning

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LENS ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIATION; SCANNING;

AMPLITUDE RADIATION PATTERN; ARRAY FEEDS; DIELECTRIC LENS ANTENNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; RADIATION PATTERN SYNTHESIS; WIDE ANGLE BEAM SCANNING; WIDE ANGLE SCANNING;

SCANNING ANTENNAS;

EID: 70350188939     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: 17451337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e91-a.7.1616     Document Type: Article

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