Radiation patterns synthesis for a conformal dipole antenna array

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2007, Pages 327-340

  He, Q Q ^a   Wang, B Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

APERTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONFORMAL DIPOLE ANTENNA ARRAY; FIELD PATTERNS; GAUSS AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTION;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 34548436923     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER07071801     Document Type: Article

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