Technologies for Near-Field Focused Microwave Antennas

<div>Basic geometrical configurations of different NFF planar lens antennas: (a) reflectarray, (b) transmitarray, and (c) Fresnel zone plate lens. 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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Technologies for Near-Field Focused Microwave Antennas

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