Wideband planar microwave lenses using sub-wavelength spatial phase shifters

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4542-4552

  Al Joumayly, Mudar A ^a   Behdad, Nader ^b  

^a TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surfaces; lens antennas; lenses; periodic structures

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA APPLICATIONS; BAND PASS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FREE SPACE MEASUREMENTS; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES; LOW PROFILE; NONRESONANT; OBLIQUE ANGLES; PLANAR LENS; PLANAR MICROWAVES; PLANAR SURFACE; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SPATIAL PHASE SHIFTER; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WIDE BANDWIDTH; WIDE-BAND;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LENSES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCANNING ANTENNAS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 82455162201     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2165515     Document Type: Article

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