Optimized weighting of uniform subarrays of unequal sizes

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1207-1210

  Haupt, Randy L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Genetic algorithms (GAs); Linear arrays; Phased arrays; Subarray feeds

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA LOBES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

LINEAR ARRAY; SUBARRAY FEEDS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 34247096656     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.893406     Document Type: Article

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