• DocumentCode
    2943596
  • Title

    Application of Invasive Weed Optimization in designing aperiodic antenna arrays using dipole models

  • Author

    Karimkashi, Shaya ; Kishk, Ahmed A. ; Zhang, Guifu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    2437
  • Lastpage
    2440
  • Abstract
    A fast and accurate method based on infinitesimal dipole modeling (IDM) approach for designing aperiodic antenna arrays is presented. Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO) algorithm is employed to find both the infinitesimal dipole models and the aperiodic array. Simulation results show the efficiency of the presented method.
  • Keywords
    dipole antenna arrays; optimisation; aperiodic antenna array design; dipole model; infinitesimal dipole modeling; invasive weed optimization; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Optimization; Antenna arrays; Aperiodic arrays; Optimization methods; Thinned arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Spokane, WA
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9562-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2011.5997015
  • Filename
    5997015