Miniature meander-line dipole antenna arrays, designed via an orthogonal-array-initialized hybrid particle-swarm optimizer

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 42-59

  Bayraktar, Zikri ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a   Werner, Pingjuan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antenna array miniaturization; Antenna arrays; dipole arrays; meander line dipoles; optimization methods; orthogonal arrays; particle swarm optimization; phased arrays; statistics

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ARRAYS; MEANDER LINE; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; PARTICLE SWARM;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DESIGN; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); STATISTICS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 80053579566     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2011.6028421     Document Type: Article

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