Circularly polarized curl antenna lens with manual tilt properties

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3984-3987

  O'Kane, Sean M ^a   Fusco, Vincent F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam tilt; Circular polarization; Curl antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

BEAM TILT; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CURL ANTENNAS; INCIDENT ENERGY; INTERNAL MATCHING; MICROWAVE LENS; RELATIVE ROTATION; SINGLE ELEMENT;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 72649100408     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2025526     Document Type: Article

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