Antenna far-field pattern reconstruction using equivalent currents and genetic algorithms

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Perez J R ^a   Basterrechea, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equivalence principle; Far field; Genetic algorithms; Near field

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SAMPLING;

EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; EQUIVALENT CURRENTS; FAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 18544404728     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20195     Document Type: Article

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