Development and testing of a 10 GHz phased-array cylindrical-antenna transmitting system incorporating a least-squares radiation-pattern synthesis technique

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Athanasopoulos, Nikolaos C ^a   Mourtzoukos, Konstantinos A ^a   Stratakos, Giorgos E ^b   Makri, Rodoula J ^a   Uzunoglu, Nikolaos K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Advanced Microwave Systems Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Array signal processing; Beam steering; Cylindrical arrays; Least squares methods; Pattern synthesis; Phased array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURVE FITTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; BEAM STEERING; CYLINDRICAL ARRAYS; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PHASED ARRAY;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 60549108219     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4768927     Document Type: Article

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