Synthesis of unequally spaced antenna arrays by using differential evolution

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2553-2561

  Lin, Chuan ^a   Qing, Anyong ^b   Feng, Quanyuan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angle resolution; antenna arrays; best of random; differential evolution; pattern synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANGLE RESOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAYS; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PHASE SYNTHESIS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77955442128     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2048864     Document Type: Article

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