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Design and implementation of reconfigurable MIMO antennas for radar applications

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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632
Language: English
Page range: 284 - 299
Submitted on: Mar 30, 2025
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Published on: Jun 19, 2025
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