Unified time-and frequency-domain study on time-modulated arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3069-3076

  Zhu, Quanjiang ^a   Yang, Shiwen ^a   Yao, Ruilin ^a   Huang, Ming ^a   Nie, Zaiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; pattern synthesis; secure communication; time modulation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; TIME MODULATION; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 84878698152     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2253538     Document Type: Article

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