Including spatial correlation of thermal noise in the noise model of high-sensitivity arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3845-3848

  Craeye, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrays; Noise; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL NOISE;

HIGH SENSITIVITY ARRAYS; SPATIAL CORRELATION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 28644446844     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858825     Document Type: Article

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