Design of switched beam planar arrays using the method of genetic algorithms

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 105-126

  Mitilineos, Stelios A ^a   Papagianni, Chrisa A ^a   Verikaki, Georgia I ^a   Capsalis, Chrlstos N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ELEMENT; CIRCULAR ARRAYS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION; SECTOR ANTENNAS; SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNA ARRAY; SWITCHED BEAMS; VARIABLE SPEED;

ANTENNAS; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RADIO BROADCASTING; SMART ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 22944463230     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER03080802     Document Type: Article

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