Comparison of the ultimate direction-finding capabilities of a number of planar array geometries

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 321-329

  Manikas, A ^a   Alexiou, A ^a   Karimi, H R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOTOROLA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direction finding systems; Planar arrays

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PLANAR ARRAY GEOMETRY;

RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031384946     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:19971444     Document Type: Article

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