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Measurement determination of copling parameters between adjacent elements in an active integrated antenna array

AI Bao-qiang;CHU Qing-xin;LEI Zhen-ya

  

  1. (School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian Univ., Xi'an 710071, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2004-10-20 Published:2004-10-20

Abstract: In order to accurately design an active antenna array, coupling parameters between adjacent elements must be determined. The coupling parameters, however, cannot be described in a simple expression. In this paper, the coupling parameter is determined through measurement and curve fitting according to the dynamic equations for active antenna arrays. The resulting coupling parameters are applied to design a two-element active antenna array to check validity of the method. It is shown that theoretical results are in good agreement with measurement results.

Key words: spatial-power combining, active antenna array, nonlinear dynamic analysis, spatial coupling parameters, measurement determination

CLC Number: 

  • TN82