Handling sideband radiations in time-modulated arrays through particle swarm optimization

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1408-1411

  Poli, Lorenzo ^a   Rocca, Paolo ^a   Manica, Luca ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linear arrays; Pattern synthesis; Time modulated arrays

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FREQUENCY; CLOSED FORM; LINEAR ARRAYS; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; POWER-LOSSES; RADIATION PATTERNS; SIDELOBE LEVELS;

ARRAY PROCESSING; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 77950797308     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2041165     Document Type: Article

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