Planar dual-mode horn array with corporate-feed network in inverted microstrip gap waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3534-3542

  Pucci, Elena ^a   Rajo Iglesias, Eva ^b   Vázquez Roy, José Luis ^b   Kildal, Per Simon ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Array; dual mode horn; feed network; gap waveguide; grating lobes

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP DEVICES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ARRAY; DUAL MODES; FEED NETWORKS; GAP WAVEGUIDES; GRATING LOBES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84904337382     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2317496     Document Type: Article

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