Analysis, synthesis, and diagnostics of antenna arrays through complex-valued neural networks

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1512-1515

  Bregains J C ^a   Ares, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna array patterns; Array pattern analysis; Array pattern synthesis; Arrays diagnostics; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROWAVES; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ANTENNA ARRAY PATTERNS; ARRAY PATTERN ANALYSIS; ARRAY PATTERN SYNTHESIS; ARRAYS DIAGNOSTICS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33745802982     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21706     Document Type: Article

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