Element positioning for linear arrays using generalized Gaussian quadrature

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1357-1363

  Marchaud, Fabienne B T ^a   De Villiers, Geoffrey D ^b   Pike, E Roy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array design; Generalized Gaussian quadrature; Line sources; Tchebycheff

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS;

GAUSSIAN QUADRATURE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0038600651     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.812276     Document Type: Article

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