An Integrated Phased Array Antenna Design Using Ferroelectric Materials and the Continuous Transverse Stub Technology

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3095-3105

  Kim, Wayne ^a   Iskander, Magdy F ^a   Palmer, W Devereux ^b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

array; Continuous transverse stub (CTS) antenna; coplanar waveguide; ferroelectric; low cost; multiband antenna; phase shifter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008047722     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.883994     Document Type: Article

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