Recent advances in reflectarray antennas

EuCAP 2010 - The 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Encinar, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; BROAD BANDS; CONTOURED BEAMS; DUAL FREQUENCY; MULTIPLE BEAM; POINT TO MULTIPOINT; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS;

EID: 77955318194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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