Near field multifocusing on antenna arrays via non-convex optimisation

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 754-764

  Álvarez, Jana ^a   Ayestarán, Rafael G ^a   León, Germán ^a   Herrán, Luis F ^a   Arboleya, Ana ^a   López Fernández, Jesús A ^a   Las Heras, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; COST FUNCTIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ARRAY ELEMENTS; COST-FUNCTION; LEAST SQUARE PROBLEMS; MULTIFOCUSING; NEAR FIELDS; NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; PHASE SYNTHESIS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 84957426524     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2013.0563     Document Type: Article

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