DocumentCode
3403889
Title
Design of a novel shaped-beam conformal antenna on a complex airborne platform
Author
Ngai, E.C. ; Southall, H.L. ; Marhefka, R.J.
Author_Institution
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2004
fDate
20-25 June 2004
Firstpage
2456
Abstract
A novel airborne shaped-beam antenna is designed with a robust genetic algorithm-based pattern synthesis technique. The NEC-BSC Code, a well-known high-frequency electromagnetic solver, is used to take into account the platform scattering.
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; conformal antennas; electromagnetic wave scattering; genetic algorithms; microstrip antenna arrays; shaped beam antennas; NEC-BSC Code; complex airborne platform; high-frequency electromagnetic solver; pattern synthesis technique; platform scattering; robust genetic algorithm; shaped-beam conformal antenna; Aircraft; Algorithm design and analysis; Electromagnetic scattering; Genetic algorithms; Global Positioning System; Laboratories; Microstrip antennas; Modems; Radar scattering; Robustness;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8302-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2004.1331870
Filename
1331870
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