Automatic phase correction of phased array antennas by a genetic algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 8 II, 2008, Pages 2751-2754

  Son, Seong Ho ^a   Eom, Soon Young ^b   Jeon, Soon Ik ^b   Hwang, Woonbong ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calibration; Direction of arrival estimation; Error correction; Genetic algorithms; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; POWER CONVERTERS; RADAR; TESTING;

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTERS; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GA); PHASE CORRECTIONS; PHASED ARRAYS; PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNAS; RECEIVING POWER;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 49549107255     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.927575     Document Type: Article

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