ADS-based guidelines for thinned planar arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1935-1948

  Oliveri, Giacomo ^a   Manica, Luca ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Almost difference sets; Array antennas; Planar arrays; Sidelobe level control; Thinned arrays

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ANTENNAS; DIFFERENCE SETS; PLANAR ARRAYS; SIDELOBE LEVELS; THINNED ARRAY;

ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); LEVEL CONTROL; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARRAY PROCESSING;

EID: 77953098387     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2046858     Document Type: Article

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