Verification of THEA tile calibration and beamforming results using a near field scanner

2001 31st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Hampson, G A ^a   De Vaate, J G Bij ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; Near Field Scanners; Phase Toggling; Phased Arrays

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CALIBRATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

BEAM PATTERN; ELEMENT ARRAY; FAR FIELD; NEAR FIELDS; PHASE TOGGLING; PHASED-ARRAYS; PLANAR NEAR-FIELD SCANNER; SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAYS;

SCANNING;

EID: 84897565773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2001.339050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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