An ANN Application for Fault Finding in Antenna Arrays

Author

Patnaik, Amalendu ; Choudhury, B. ; Pradhan, P. ; Mishra, R.K. ; Christodoulou, Christos

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Berhampur

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

775

Lastpage

777

Abstract

A very flexible approach of locating fault elements in antenna arrays is proposed using artificial neural networks (ANN). The network takes samples of radiation pattern of the array with fault elements and maps it to the location of the faulty element in that array. The developed methodology is tested for a linear array and the same can easily be extended for planar arrays also. The developed network can be used at the base stations to find out the number and location of the fault elements in the array in space platforms

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; electrical engineering computing; fault location; linear antenna arrays; neural nets; planar antenna arrays; ANN application; artificial neural networks; fault finding; linear antenna array; planar antenna arrays; radiation pattern; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Artificial neural networks; Base stations; Calibration; Control systems; Linear antenna arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Planar arrays; Radar antennas; Antenna array; artificial neural network (ANN); fault finding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2007.891557

Filename

4120291