Beam scanning antenna using a reflectarray as sub-reflector

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-483

  Arrebola, Manuel ^a   Carrasco, Eduardo ^b   Encinar, Jose A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam scanning; Dual reflector antenna; Reconfigurable antenna; Reflectarray

Indexed keywords

APERTURE COUPLED; BEAM SCANNING; CROSS-POLAR LEVELS; DELAY LINE; DESIGN TECHNIQUE; DUAL REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICES; LOW LOSS; MICROSTRIPES; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECEIVE MODE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REFLECTARRAYS; SCAN ANGLE; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CONTROL; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; WAVES;

PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

EID: 80053224576     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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