Experimental two-element time-modulated direction finding array

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 986-988

  Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna; Array; Direction finding

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL; ARRAY; ARRAY SYSTEMS; DEPTH OF MODULATION; DIRECTION FINDING; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; PHASE MODULATED; RECEIVED SIGNALS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

ANTENNAS;

RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77749336637     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2039301     Document Type: Article

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