A brief history of photonic antenna reconfiguration

International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 9-12

  Van Blaricum, M L ^a  

^a TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTONICS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

ANTENNA ELEMENT; ITS APPLICATIONS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; PHOTONIC ANTENNA; PHOTONIC CONTROL; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; VARIABLE CAPACITOR;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84869405248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2000.889772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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