EFFICIENT OPTIMIZATION AND REALIZATION OF A SHAPED-BEAM PLANAR ARRAY FOR VERY LARGE ARRAY APPLICATION
2009; Volume: 89; Linguagem: Inglês
10.2528/pier08112503
ISSN1559-8985
AutoresHaijin Zhou, Baohua Sun, Jianfeng Li, Liu Qi-zhong,
Tópico(s)Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
ResumoThe optimization and simulated realization of planar 2-D antenna array with a flat-top shaped-beam pattern are proposed in this paper.The shaped-beam planar array can be used as an element of Very Large Array for the Deep Space Detection.A conventional genetic algorithm is chosen for the optimization.However, the synthesis of flat-top shaped-beam using a planar 2-D array is difficult because of the inherently large number of degrees of freedom involved in the algorithm (in generally, the amplitude and phase of each element must be determined).Therefore, a sub-array rotation method, which lies on the flat-top pattern synthesis itself, is proposed in this study to resolve the design problem.Besides, the proposed synthesis has taken the actual element patterns but identical and isotropic ones into account, which can reduce the error between computation and realization.A 8 × 8 (64)-element rectangular array is exampled, and the results of the optimized flat-top patterns are shown to illustrate the validity and high efficiency of the technique.
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