Numerical simulations on beam and/or null forming performance of ESPAR antennas

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part I: Communications (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Akiyama, Akira ^a   Gyoda, Koichi ^b   Ohira, Takashi ^b   Ando, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive antenna; Beam forming; ESPAR antenna; Null forming; Return loss; Variable reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ADAPTIVE ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038678668     PISSN: 87566621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecja.10141     Document Type: Article

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