• DocumentCode
    2946034
  • Title

    Bandwidth enhancement of narrow band antennas exploiting adjoint-based geometry evolution

  • Author

    Bakr, Mohamed H. ; Ghassemi, Massoud ; Sangary, Nagula

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    2909
  • Lastpage
    2911
  • Abstract
    We present a novel approach for extending the bandwidth of narrow band antennas exploiting geometry evolution. The geometry of the antenna is allowed to evolve subject to constraints on the shape feasibility. The sensitivities of the objective function with respect to the coordinates of a number of control vertices are utilized to determine how the shape evolves. We illustrate our approach by showing that a narrow band antenna can be evolved to an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) antenna using our approach.
  • Keywords
    geometry; optimisation; ultra wideband antennas; UWB antenna; adjoint based geometry evolution; bandwidth enhancement; narrow band antennas; shape feasibility; Algorithm design and analysis; Electromagnetics; Geometry; Optimization; Sensitivity; Ultra wideband antennas; UWB antennas; evolutionary approaches; optimization techniques;
  • 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.2011.5997136
  • Filename
    5997136