A novel electronic beam steering technique in time modulated antenna arrays

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 97, Issue , 2009, Pages 391-405

  Li, G ^a   Yang, S ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Nie, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING(BPSK); CENTER FREQUENCY; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONIC BEAM STEERING; MEASURED RESULTS; MODULATED SIGNAL; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; SIDELOBE LEVELS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 70350633365     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09072602     Document Type: Article

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