Consistency of constraints on nulls and on dynamic range ratio in pattern synthesis for antenna arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2662-2670

  Vescovo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Consistency of constraints; Dynamic range ratio (DRR) constraint; Null constraints; Pattern synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC RANGE RATIO (DRR) CONSTRAINT; NULL CONSTRAINTS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 35348834851     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.905828     Document Type: Article

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