An effective hybrid approach for the optimal synthesis of monopulse antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1059-1066

  D'Urso, Michelle ^a   Isernia, Tommaso ^b   Meliado, Ettore Flavio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Convex programming (CP); Hybrid optimization; Monopulse antennas; Sum and difference patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA LOBES; OPTIMIZATION;

CONVEX PROGRAMMING; HYBRID OPTIMIZATION; MONOPULSE ANTENNAS; SUM AND DIFFERENCE PATTERNS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 34247108300     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.893374     Document Type: Article

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