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Design and Testing of a Feed Network for a Transparent Antenna Array

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Overview This paper describes the design and testing of a feed network for a transparent flat plate array antenna. This antenna is the top of a stack of three antennas that must occupy the same volume while pointing in different directions. At many pointing angles, the antenna will create blockage for the antennas underneath. In order to minimize the blockage, the array and its transmission lines must be as transparent as possible to the antennas underneath. The flat plate array consists of active elements over a Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) ground plane that is transparent at the frequencies of the antennas below. The feed lines must also be transparent to the antennas below. This is achieved by minimizing the total area occupied by the feed lines.

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Publisher	Ohio State University	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2005	Downloads	4
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Design

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