A time-domain approach to the synthesis of UWB antenna systems

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 557-575

  Lizzi, L ^a   Oliveri, G ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

A-PARTICLES; DESIGN PROCESS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; SPLINE REPRESENTATION; TIME-DOMAIN APPROACH; TIME-DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS; UWB ANTENNA;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868542849     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11103003     Document Type: Article

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