Design and realization of GA-optimized wire monopole and matching network with 20: 1 bandwidth

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-502

  Rogers, Shawn D ^a   Butler, Chalmers M ^a   Martin, Anthony Q ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical antennas; Genetic algorithms; Loaded antennas; Wire antennas

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC LINES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

LOADED ANTENNAS;

CYLINDRICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038719682     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809851     Document Type: Article

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