Improvement of time and frequency domain performance of antipodal Vivaldi antenna using multi-objective particle swarm optimization

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1738-1742

  Chamaani, Somayyeh ^a   Mirtaheri, S Abdullah ^a   Abrishamian, Mohammad S ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antipodal Vivaldi antenna; correlation factor; multi objective particle swarm optimization; ultrawideband antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SIMULATIONS; ANTIPODAL VIVALDI ANTENNA; CORRELATION FACTORS; CROSS-POLARIZATION LEVEL; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; PARETO FRONT; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; THREE PARAMETERS; TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS; TIME DOMAIN; ULTRAWIDEBAND ANTENNA; ULTRAWIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

DESIGN; FREQUENCY BANDS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); POLARIZATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 79955602400     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2122290     Document Type: Article

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