Design of yagi-uda antennas using genetic algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1386-1392

  Jones, Eric A ^a   Joines, William T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Genetic algorithms

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ESTIMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

YAGI UDA ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031236671     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.623128     Document Type: Article

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