A Switchable Multiple Beam Antenna for GSM-UMTS Base Stations in Planar Technology

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3087-3094

  Barba, Mariano ^a   Page, Juan E ^a   Encinar, Jose A ^a   Montejo Garai, Jose R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broadband antennas; multibeam antennas; planar arrays

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008025134     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.883991     Document Type: Article

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