Improved artificial bee colony for design of a reconfigurable antenna array with discrete phase shifters

Progress In Electromagnetics Research C

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-208

  Li, X T ^a   Zhao, X W ^a   Wang, J N ^a   Yin, M H ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONIES; DISCRETE PHASE; EXCITATION AMPLITUDES; HIGH-DIRECTIVITY; MAIN BEAMS; PHASE EXCITATIONS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA ARRAYS; RECONFIGURABLE DESIGNS; SIDE LOBES; ZERO-PHASE;

MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 82755164241     PISSN: 19378718     EISSN: 15309681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERC11100803     Document Type: Article

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