FDTD optimization of beam forming network for multibeam antenna

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 4, Issue , 1998, Pages 2028-2031

  Fu, K K ^a   Lai, A K Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; BUTLER MATRIX; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INSERTION LOSSES; OPTIMIZATION;

OTHER PROPERTIES; PACKING DENSITY; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; PHASE ACCURACY; RETURN LOSS;

MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; ANTENNAS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER (PML);

EID: 0031643148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.1998.701606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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