Effect of number of elements of a reactively loaded ring antenna array on the performance of beamwidth variation

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 669-672

  Sugiura, Shinya ^a,b   Suzuki, Noriyoshi ^a   Iizuka, Hideo ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active antennas; Antenna array; Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation; Parasitic elements; Reactively steered antennas; Road vehicles; Varactors; Variable beamwidth

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; BEAM WIDTHS; DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; PARASITIC ELEMENT; REACTIVELY STEERED ANTENNAS; ROAD VEHICLES;

COMPUTER MUSIC; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; ROADS AND STREETS; VARACTORS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 77951636813     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.919815     Document Type: Article

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