Title :
Frequency-Independent Approximate Compensation of Mutual Coupling in a Linear Array Antenna
Author :
Sodin, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Astron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
The method of the frequency-independent compensation of the strongest mutual coupling (between the neighbor elements only) in a linear array antenna is suggested and studied. It is shown that in the suggested method both the scheme and the parameters of a decoupling multiport network do not depend on properties of the array elements as well as on frequency. An example of a seven-element array is considered.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; approximation theory; multiport networks; decoupling multiport network; frequency-independent approximate compensation; linear array antenna; mutual coupling; Antenna arrays; Coupling circuits; Feeds; Frequency; Helium; Impedance; Joining processes; Linear antenna arrays; Mutual coupling; Optical reflection; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Scattering; Decoupling; frequency independence; impedance matrix;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2009.2024493
