Phase only antenna pattern notching via a semidefinite programming relaxation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2562-2565

  Kajenski, Peter J ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radar; beamforming; convex optimization; phased array radar; phased arrays

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADAR; BEAM PATTERN; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHASE-ONLY; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING RELAXATIONS; UNIFORM LINEAR ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; RADAR;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 84860693012     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2189709     Document Type: Article

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