Design of scannable non-uniform planar array structure for maximum side-lobe reduction

ETRI Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-56

  Bae, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Kyung Tae ^b   Pyo, Cheol Sig ^a   Chae, Jong Suk ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Array antenna; Genetic algorithm; Planar array; Side lobe reduction

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

ANTENNA ARRAY PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PLANAR ARRAY GEOMETRY; SIDE-LOBE REDUCTION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 1342303849     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.04.0203.0007     Document Type: Letter

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