Design of compromise sum-difference patterns through the iterative contiguous partition method

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-361

  Rocca, P ^a   Manica, L ^a   Martini, A ^a   Massa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; ARRAYING TECHNIQUE; BEAM PATTERN; DIFFERENCE PATTERNS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; LARGE ARRAYS; LINEAR ARRAYS; MATCHING METHODS; MONOPULSE; NUMERICAL VALIDATIONS; OPTIMAL EXCITATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PARTITION METHODS; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SYNTHESIS PROBLEMS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 72649097753     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20070119     Document Type: Article

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