Pattern optimization of a reflector antenna with planar-array feeds and cluster feeds

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Saka, Birsen ^a   Yazgan, Erdem ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Optimization methods; Reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); OPTIMIZATION;

CLUSTER FEEDS; CONJUGATE FIELD MATCHING (CFM); CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD (CGM); LINEARLY CONSTRAINED MINIMUM VARIANCE (LCMV) BEAM FORMER; PATTERN OPTIMIZATION; PLANAR ARRAY FEEDS; SIDELOBE SUPPRESSION; WEIGHT VECTOR;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030781935     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.554245     Document Type: Article

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