Broadband HF antenna matching network design using a real-coded genetic algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 611-618

  Rodríguez, José Luis ^a   García Tuñón, Inés ^a   Taboada, Jose Manuel ^b   Obelleiro Basteiro, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broadband matching; Genetic algorithms (GAs); High frequency (HF) antennas; Onboard antennas; Tolerance analysis

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING ANTENNAS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; TOPOLOGY; TUNING;

BROADBAND MATCHING; HIGH FREQUENCY ANTENNAS; ONBOARD ANTENNAS; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 34047223081     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.891546     Document Type: Article

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