Electronically reconfigurable transmitarray at Ku band for microwave applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2571-2579

  Padilla, Pablo ^a   Muñoz Acevedo, Alfonso ^a   Sierra Castañer, Manuel ^a   Sierra Pérez, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna array; constrained lens; directional coupler; Ku band; microstrip circuit; microstrip technology; patch antenna; phase shifter; phase shifting; reflective circuitry (RTPS); transmitarray; varactor

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED LENS; KU BAND; MICROSTRIP CIRCUIT; MICROSTRIP TECHNOLOGY; PATCH ANTENNA; PHASE-SHIFTING; REFLECTIVE CIRCUITRY (RTPS);

COUPLED CIRCUITS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; LENS ANTENNAS; LENSES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; VARACTORS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 77955435091     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2050426     Document Type: Article

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