Title :
Beamforming analysis on a broadband antenna array for the Galileo system
Author :
Neves, E.S. ; Heckler, M.V.T. ; Selga, A.A. ; Dreher, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. & Navigation, German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling
Abstract :
In this work, beamforming analyses on a broadband antenna array designed for the whole Galileo frequency band are shown. The beamforming software was developed by the DLR antenna group and employs a combination of an optimized Chebychev pattern with the sample matrix inversion (SMI) algorithm. This paper begins with a description of the antenna array used for the simulations and its antenna element, and then the construction concepts are presented and commented. Finally, the results of the beamforming analyses are shown and discussed
Keywords :
Chebyshev approximation; antenna accessories; antenna arrays; broadband antennas; matrix inversion; Galileo frequency band; Galileo system; antenna element; beamforming analysis; beamforming software; broadband antenna array; optimized Chebychev pattern; sample matrix inversion; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Prototypes; Receiving antennas; Satellite navigation systems;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710735
