Closed-loop feed architectures for RCS beam broadening of retro-reflective arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4350-4354

  Vitaz, Jacquelyn A ^a,b   Buerkle, Amelia M ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) series array; long range RFID; retro directive array; retro reflector; Van Atta array

Indexed keywords

LONG RANGE; RETRO REFLECTOR; RETRO-DIRECTIVE ARRAY; SERIES ARRAY; VAN-ATTA ARRAY;

ARCHITECTURE; ARRAY PROCESSING; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTION;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 80455150527     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2164192     Document Type: Article

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