J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 496-501.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2010.03.020

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Pattern analysis and synthesis of the conformal antennas array

ZHANG Fan;ZHANG Fu-shun;ZHAO Gang;LIN Chen   

  1. (Key Lab. of Antennas and Microwave Technology, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2009-01-22 Online:2010-06-20 Published:2010-07-23
  • Contact: ZHANG Fan E-mail:fanzhang@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

The radiation pattern of the conformal antennas array is analyzed and synthesized by considering the effects of mutual coupling. First, we choose the tapered slot antenna as the element of the conformal array and calculate the patterns of the element in the environments of the array, and then analyze the array patterns of co-polarization and cross-polarization in terms of the combination of the element patterns. A comparison between the result of full-wave calculation by Ansoft HFSS for the whole array and that by this method is given to show the effectiveness of this method. In the meantime, geese particle swarm optimization (GPSO) is applied for the optimization of the scan patterns of co-polarization and the performance of the cross-polarization in the plane of φ=0°.

Key words: conformal array, mutual coupling pattern, array analysis, geese particle swarm optimization (GPSO), array pattern synthesis