The Peano-Gosper fractal array

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2063-2072

  Werner, Douglas H ^a   Kuhirun, Waroth ^a   Werner, Pingjuan L ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Array signal processing; Broad band arrays; Fractal arrays; Grating lobes; Peano Gosper curve; Thinned arrays

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FRACTALS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FRACTAL ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0041361978     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.815411     Document Type: Article

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