Reconfigurable reflectarrays and array lenses for dynamic antenna beam control: A review

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-198

  Hum, Sean Victor ^a,b   Perruisseau Carrier, Julien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; array lenses; beam steering; lens antennas; micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS); microstrip arrays; reconfigurable antennas; reflectarrays; reflector antennas; semiconductor diodes; transmitarrays; varactors

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DESIGN; MEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; VARACTORS;

ARRAY-LENS; BEAM-STEERING; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REFLECTARRAYS; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; TRANSMITARRAYS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 84892381559     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2287296     Document Type: Review

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