International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 137903, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/137903
Research Article

An Open-Source Code for the Calculation of the Effects of Mutual Coupling in Arrays of Wires and for the ASM-MBF Method

Christophe Craeye,1 Belen Andrés García,2 Enrique García Muñoz,2 and Rémi Sarkis1

1Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place du Levant, 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Carlos III University of Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganes, Spain

Received 31 October 2009; Accepted 26 February 2010

Academic Editor: Hon Tat Hui

Copyright © 2010 Christophe Craeye et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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