Broadband true-time-delay microwave lenses based on miniaturized element frequency selective surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1166-1179

  Li, Meng ^a   Al Joumayly, Mudar A ^b,c   Behdad, Nader ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surfaces (FSSs); lenses; periodic structures; phased arrays

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FABRICATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES; LENSES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SCANNING ANTENNAS; TIME DELAY;

BROADBAND PULSE; CENTER FREQUENCY; CHROMATIC ABERRATION; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSSS); MICROWAVE LENS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; TRUE TIME DELAY;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 84874908042     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2227444     Document Type: Article

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