Reconfigurable transmitarray design approaches for beamforming applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5679-5689

  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

APERTURE SIZES; ARRAY-LENS; DESIGN APPROACHES; FLOQUET MODES; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; HIGH-DIRECTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SURFACE; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; PENCIL BEAM; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; SCANNING RANGE; SIDE LOBES; TRANSMITARRAY; WIRELESS SENSING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LENS ANTENNAS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; VARACTORS;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 84870951003     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2213054     Document Type: Article

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