A hybrid approach for the optimal synthesis of pencil beams through array antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2912-2918

  Isernia, Tommaso ^a   Ares Pena, Francisco J ^b   Bucci, Ovidio M ^c   D'Urso, Michele ^c   Gómez, J Fondevila ^b   Rodriguez J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna array pattern synthesis; Convex programming; Nonuniformly spaced arrays; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ANTENNA ARRAY PATTERN SYNTHESIS; CONVEX PROGRAMMING; NONUNIFORMLY SPACED ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 9744229306     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.835130     Document Type: Article

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