Electronically steerable parasitic array radiator antenna

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 25-45

  Ohira, Takashi ^a   Iigusa, Kyouichi ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive beamforming; Direction estimation; Diversity; Near field measurement; Reactance domain signal processing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; VARACTORS;

ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMING; DIRECTION ESTIMATION; NEAR FIELD MEASUREMENT; REACTANCE DOMAIN SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 7244241010     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjb.20081     Document Type: Article

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