Synthesis of Uniform Amplitude Unequally Spaced Antenna Arrays Using the Differential Evolution Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2210-2217

  Kurup, Dhanesh G ^a   Himdi, Mohamed ^b   Rydberg, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Pattern synthesis

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; PHASE MODULATION;

DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHMS (DEA);

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0141527291     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.816361     Document Type: Article

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