A new technique for power-pattern synthesis in time-modulated linear arrays

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 285-287

  Yang, Shiwen ^a   Gan, Yeow Beng ^a   Tan, Peng Khiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Differential evolution; Time modulation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTIONS; EXCITATION AMPLITUDES; TIME MODULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FUNCTIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 3142727792     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2003.821556     Document Type: Article

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