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Four kinds of waveguide power dividers with different structures working at 2.856 GHz are developed. By comparing the simulation performances of these four structures, the power divider with matching rod in the middle of its structure has…
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A novel grating modulation technique for laser arrays is proposed and demonstrated. This method modifies the initial phase within each grating period, applying a total phase shift that increments in an arithmetic progression, ensuring equal…
We consider an error model for phased array with gain errors and phase errors, with errors dependent on the phase applied and the antenna index. Under this model, we propose an algorithm for measuring the errors by selectively turning on…
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