10 GHz-100 GHz Compact Double-Ridge Horn Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Millimeter-Wave Biomedical Imaging Applications
- Award ID(s):
- 1919194
- PAR ID:
- 10230930
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1421 to 1422
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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