A wideband reconfigurable transmitarray element

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1303-1311

  Lau, Jonathan Y ^a   Hum, Sean V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; array lens; lens antennas; microstrip arrays; reconfigurable antennas; transmitarray; varactors

Indexed keywords

ARRAY-LENS; HIGH-DIRECTIVITY; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; MUTUAL COUPLING; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; STACKED PATCHES; TRANSMITARRAY; WIDE-BAND;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; LENS ANTENNAS; VARACTORS;

RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES;

EID: 84858035906     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2180475     Document Type: Article

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