Shaped-reflector antenna designs using particle swarm optimization: An example of a direct-broadcast satellite antenna

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1341-1347

  Xu, Shenheng ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a   Gies, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional weighted aggregation (CWA); Multiple feeds; Particle swarm optimization (PSO); Reflector antennas; Satellite communications

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PARAMETERS; DIRECT-BROADCAST SATELLITE; JACOBI POLYNOMIALS; STOCHASTIC EVOLUTIONARY MANNER;

BROADCASTING; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; SATELLITES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33744830631     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21618     Document Type: Article

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