Optimization of a spline-shaped UWB antenna by PSO

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 182-185

  Lizzi, Leonardo ^a   Viani, Federico ^a   Azaro, Renzo ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna synthesis; Particle swarm optimizer (pso); Splines; Ultrawideband (uwb)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GEOMETRY; ANTENNA SYNTHESIS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZERS; PLANAR ANTENNAS; RETURN LOSS; ULTRAWIDEBAND APPLICATIONS; UWB ANTENNA;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SPLINES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 55649105271     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2007.894157     Document Type: Article

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