@article{fc196277c43b41a6bab95739ec6a5e42,
title = "Utilizing the Impedance Matrix to Design Antennas with a Characteristic Far-Field Pattern",
abstract = "Antenna designers often install antennas on a platform that results in a particular radiation pattern. The developed process uses characteristic mode theory to identify likely radiation patterns. It then uses the characteristic mode analysis and the impedance matrix to identify the feed location and antenna element structure that will result in the desired radiation pattern.",
keywords = "Characteristic mode theory, impedance matrix, pattern synthesis",
author = "Bohannon, {Nicole L.} and Bernhard, {Jennifer T.}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received March 9, 2017; accepted May 2, 2017. Date of publication September 4, 2017; date of current version October 16, 2017. This work was supported by the Department of Defense through the National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program. (Corresponding author: Jennifer T. Bernhard.) The authors are with the Electromagnetics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois,Urbana, IL 61801 USA (e-mail: bohanno2@illinois.edu; jbernhar@illinois.edu). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2002-2011 IEEE.",
year = "2017",
month = sep,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1109/LAWP.2017.2749123",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "16",
pages = "2836--2839",
journal = "IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters",
issn = "1536-1225",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
}