A Small Ku-Band Polarization Tracking Active Phased Array for Mobile Satellite Communications

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="747629.fig.0019a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2013/747629/figures/747629.fig.0019a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Horizontal polarization   </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="747629.fig.0019b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2013/747629/figures/747629.fig.0019b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Vertical polarization </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="747629.fig.0019c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2013/747629/figures/747629.fig.0019c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Diagonal polarization</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 19: A Small Ku-Band Polarization Tracking Active Phased Array for Mobile Satellite Communications 