Fractile arrays: A new class of tiled arrays with fractal boundaries

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2008-2018

  Werner, Douglas H ^a   Kuhirun, Waroth ^a   Werner, Pingjuan L ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FRACTALS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VECTORS;

FRACTAL ANTENNAS; FRACTAL ARRAYS; GRATING LOBES; LOW SIDELOBE ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 4344593935     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.832327     Document Type: Article

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