Title : 
Solving the Radiation Problem of Large-Scale Antenna Array by the Accelerated Periodic Equivalence Principle Algorithm
         
        
            Author : 
Kaizhi Zhang ; Jun Ouyang ; Feng Yang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this letter, an updated periodic equivalence principle algorithm is proposed to solve the radiation problem of large-scale antenna array when the antenna elements are placed closely. The equivalence surfaces enclosing the antenna elements are touched with each other, and the elapsed time in the translation procedure of the periodic equivalence principle algorithm will decrease. The efficiency will increase correspondingly. The numerical results will reveal the feasibility of the proposed method.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; accelerated periodic equivalence principle algorithm; antenna elements; large-scale antenna array; radiation problem; Acceleration; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Face; Finite element analysis; Equivalence principle algorithm; large-scale array; periodic Green´s function;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2330348