X-band reflectarray antenna with switching-beam using PIN diodes and gathered elements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5700-5708

  Carrasco, Eduardo ^a,b   Barba, Mariano ^a   Encinar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aperture coupling; PIN diodes; reconfigurable antennas; reflectarrays

Indexed keywords

APERTURE COUPLINGS; APERTURE-COUPLED PATCH; BEAM POINTING; CIRCULAR APERTURE; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; PIN DIODE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; REFLECTARRAYS; SWITCHING DEVICES;

MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 84870919235     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2208612     Document Type: Article

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