Analysis of Linear Fabry-Perot antennas excited by multiple sources

The properties of Linear Fabry-Perot antennas excited with multiple sources are analyzed. The antenna can be seen as an array of directive subarrays with overlapped regions. The distance and the level of overlapping should be opportunely controlled in order to avoid unwanted coupling among the ports. The antenna is also analyzed via a simple transverse transmission model approach. The method is based on the superposition of the leaky waves excited by each of the applied sources.

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