A deterministic solution to the problem of interleaving multiple sparse array antennas

Author

Coman, C.I. ; Lager, I.E. ; Ligthart, L.P.

Author_Institution

Int. Res. Centre for Telecommun.-Transmission & Radar, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

4-6 Oct. 2005

Abstract

A combinatorial method for the design of spatially interlaced sparse array antennas is advocated. The cyclic difference sets are used in finding the optimum positions of the elements in the sparse sub-arrays that share a common aperture. A new methodology is proposed for increasing the number of sub-arrays that can be interwoven on a common aperture. Radiation properties of these sparse configuration are investigated by numerical estimations of the antenna array factor at different frequencies.

Keywords

antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; combinatorial mathematics; antenna array factor; combinatorial method; common aperture; cyclic difference sets; interleaving multiple sparse array antennas; numerical estimations; optimum element positions; radiation properties; sparse configuration; sparse sub-arrays; spatially interlaced sparse array antennas; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency estimation; Interleaved codes; Mobile antennas; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Sensor arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2005 European

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-2-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610352

Filename

1610352