Gain optimization of a multi-layer printed dipole array using evolutionary programming

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998 Digest - Antennas: Gateways to the Global Network - Held in conjunction with: USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 46-49

  Hoorfar, Ahmad ^a   Chellapilla, Kumar ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; WIRE; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURE; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; GAIN OPTIMIZATION; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; MICROSTRIP DIPOLES; PRINTED ANTENNA STRUCTURES; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; THICK DIELECTRICS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING (EP); MULTILAYER PRINTED DIPOLE ARRAYS; YAGI-UDA ARRAYS;

EID: 0031641602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.1998.698754     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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