A low-cost patch antenna phased array with analog beam steering using mutual coupling and reactive loading

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 81-84

  Yusuf, Yazid ^a   Gong, Xun ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Mutual coupling; Patch antenna; Phase shifter; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA BEAMS; ANTENNA ELEMENT; BEAM-STEERING; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; MUTUAL COUPLING; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PATCH ANTENNA; PHASED ARRAYS; RADIATION PATTERNS; REACTIVE LOADING; RF SOURCES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 72949110651     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.916689     Document Type: Article

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