Performance improvement for a varactor-loaded reflectarray element

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 585-589

  Boccia, L ^a   Amendola, G ^a   Massa, G Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microstrip; Reflectarray; Reflector antenna; Varactor

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE; LOW-COMPLEXITY; MEASURED DATA; MICROSTRIP REFLECTARRAYS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHASE RESPONSE; PHASE-SHIFTING; POLARIZATION VOLTAGE; REFLECTARRAY; REFLECTARRAY ELEMENTS; REFLECTARRAYS; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; SIMPLE MODEL; UNIT CELLS; VARACTOR DIODES;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFLECTION;

VARACTORS;

EID: 76849106987     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2037697     Document Type: Article

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