Signal radiation and power losses of time-modulated arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1799-1804

  Bregains J C ^a   Fondevila Gomez J ^a   Franceschetti, G ^b,c   Ares, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna array patterns; Patterns analysis; Time modulated linear arrays

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSIONS; LINEAR ARRAYS; POWER LOSSES; REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION (RTO); SIDEBAND POWER; SIGNAL RADIATION; SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS; TOTAL POWER;

RADIATION;

EID: 45549095729     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.923345     Document Type: Article

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