Definition of unifying decoupling efficiency of different array antennas-Case study of dense focal plane array feed for parabolic reflector

AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-412

  Ng Mou Kehn, Malcolm ^a   Ivashina, Marianna V ^b   Kildal, Per Simon ^c   Maaskant, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research   (Netherlands)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenna array; Aperture efficiency; Decoupling efficiency; Element efficiency; Radiation efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIRY PATTERNS; APERTURE EFFICIENCY; ARRAY ANTENNAS; BACKWARD WAVES; COMBINED EFFECT; DENSE ARRAYS; EMBEDDED ELEMENT; IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; MULTIPLE INPUT AND MULTIPLE OUTPUTS; MUTUAL COUPLING EFFECTS; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RECTANGULAR APERTURE; TRANSMIT-MODE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; REFLECTION;

PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950298326     PISSN: 14348411     EISSN: 16180399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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