Efficient phase-only synthesis of contoured-beam patterns for very large reflectarrays

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-423

  Zornoza, J Agustín ^a   Encinar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phase only synthesis; Power pattern synthesis; Reflectarray; Shaped beam; Very large array

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); GAIN CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PHASE-ONLY SYNTHESIS; POWER-PATTERN SYNTHESIS; REFLECTARRAY; SHAPED BEAMS; VERY LARGE ARRAY;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 4444374623     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20028     Document Type: Article

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