Title :
Study of mutual coupling effect on radiated patterns of antenna arrays
Author :
Rammal, M. ; Eclercy, D. ; Reineix, A. ; Jecko, B.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Recherche en Commun. Opt. et Microondes, CNRS, Limoges, France
fDate :
10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The article studies the effect of the mutual coupling between element arrays on the radiated patterns. This effect is directly introduced into a power far-field patterns synthesis of the arrays to be compensated. Two cases are considered: pencil and shaped sloping beams
Keywords :
S-parameters; antenna radiation patterns; linear antenna arrays; S parameters; linear antenna arrays; mutual coupling effect; pencil beams; phase excitation; power far-field patterns synthesis; radiated patterns; reflection coefficient; shaped sloping beams;
Journal_Title :
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings
DOI :
10.1049/ip-map:19971231
