Aperiodic array consisting of subarrays for use in small mobile earth stations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2004-2010

  Toyama, Noboru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperiodic arrays; Grating lobes; Mobile earth station antennas; Steepest descent method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA LOBES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

APERIODIC ARRAYS; GRATING LOBES; MOBILE EARTH STATION ANTENNAS; STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 22444439561     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.848486     Document Type: Article

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