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Title: Antenna Beamforming With Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output Metastructures: Controlling the Amplitude and Phase of Antenna Aperture Fields
Award ID(s):
1807940
NSF-PAR ID:
10351586
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Volume:
64
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1045-9243
Page Range / eLocation ID:
63 to 72
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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