New Ideas to Improve the Performance of Frequency Invariant Wideband Antenna Array Beamforming

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Shahriar Shirvani Moghaddam ¹

1 - Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

Received: 2013-10-08 Accepted : 2013-10-08 Published : 2013-01-01

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