Pattern synthesis of conformal arrays for airborne vehicles

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1030-1038

  Morton, Thomas E ^a   Pasala, Krishna M ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE VEHICLES; BEAM PATTERN SYNTHESIS; CONFORMAL ARRAYS; SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE RATIO (SINR);

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; DRAG; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MISSILES; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 11244283323     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2004.1367705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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