Neural modeling of mutual coupling for antenna array synthesis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 832-840

  Ayestarán, Rafael González ^a   Las Heras, Fernando ^a   Herrán, Luis Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna array; Antenna radiation patterns; Mutual coupling; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NEURAL NETWORKS;

MUTUAL COUPLING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 34047229493     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.891810     Document Type: Article

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