A self-adapting flexible (SELFLEX) antenna array for changing conformal surface applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 655-665

  Braaten, Benjamin D ^a   Roy, Sayan ^a   Nariyal, Sanjay ^a   Al Aziz, Masud ^b   Chamberlain, Neil F ^c   Irfanullah, Irfan ^a   Reich, Michael T ^a   Anagnostou, Dimitris E ^d  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive antennas; conformal antennas; microstrip arrays; phased arrays and planar arrays

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE ANTENNA; CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; CONFORMAL ARRAYS; DISTORTED RADIATION; FLEXIBLE ARRAYS; FLEXIBLE SENSOR; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; NORMAL OPERATIONS; PATTERN RECOVERY; PHASE COMPENSATION; PLANAR ARRAYS; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RADIATION PROPERTIES; RESISTIVE SENSOR; SELF ADAPTING; SENSOR CIRCUIT; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; TEST PLATFORMS; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED PHASE SHIFTERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 84873280819     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2226227     Document Type: Article

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