Automated design of corrugated feeds by the adjoint network method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 2, 1997, Pages 787-793

  Mongiardo, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjoint network method; Corrugated feeds sensitivities; Modal analysis; Tolerance analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADJOINT NETWORK METHOD; CORRUGATED FEEDS;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 0031143046     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.575601     Document Type: Article

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