Optimization of the directivity of a monopulse antenna with a subarray weighting by a hybrid differential evolution method

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-158

  Massa, Andrea ^a   Pastorino, Matteo ^b   Randazzo, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Array antennas; Evolutionary algorithm; Monopulse antennas; Sum and difference patterns

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ANTENNAS; DIFFERENCE PATTERNS; DIRECTIVITY; FEED NETWORKS; GROUP MEMBERSHIPS; HYBRID DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; MONOPULSE; MONOPULSE ANTENNA; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SUB-ARRAYS; SUBARRAY;

ANTENNAS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 47249144421     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.872435     Document Type: Article

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