Active reconfigurable reflectarray based on voltage-controlled oscillators

IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 700-706

  Georgiadis, Apostolos ^a   Collado, Ana ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APERTURE COUPLED; BEAM PATTERN; BEAM-STEERING; CONTINUATION METHOD; COUPLED OSCILLATOR ARRAY; ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; EM SIMULATIONS; HARMONIC BALANCE; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; OSCILLATOR ANTENNAS; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RADIATION COUPLING; RE-CONFIGURABLE; REFLECTARRAYS; REFLECTED WAVES; STAR TOPOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CONTROL; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 78649231537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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