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A novel planar, broadband, high gain lateral wave antenna array for body scanning applications

Journal of Electrical Engineering
Volume 71 (2020): Issue 5 (September 2020)
By: Fikret Tokan,  Daniele Cavallo and  Andrea Neto  
Open Access
|Nov 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2020-0042 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632
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Language: English
Page range: 308 - 316
Submitted on: Aug 18, 2020
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Published on: Nov 26, 2020
Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year
Keywords:
connected array,
dielectric lens antenna,
dielectric matching layers,
perforated lens
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