Experimental validation of design expressions for sub-reflectarrays

APMC 2009 - Asia Pacific Microwave Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1859-1862

  Almajali, E'Qab ^a   McNamara, Derek ^a   Shaker, Jafar ^b   Chaharmir, Reza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic design equations; Experimental validation; Reflectarrays; Sub reflectors

Indexed keywords

DESIGN EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FAR-ZONE; PHASE PATTERNS; REFLECTARRAYS; SUB-REFLECTORS;

MICROWAVES; REFLECTION;

DESIGN;

EID: 77950633734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APMC.2009.5384180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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