Title :
Sidelobe level and sideband optimization for thinned planar antenna arrays using time modulation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Gazi Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
In this work, time modulation and differential evolution algorithm is applied to thinned planar antenna arrays. It is shown that it is possible to obtain even lower sidelobe levels and to maintain sideband radiation below a certain level.
Keywords :
evolutionary computation; modulation; optimisation; planar antenna arrays; differential evolution algorithm; sideband optimization; sideband radiation; sidelobe level optimization; thinned planar antenna arrays; time modulation; Amplitude modulation; Antenna radiation patterns; Optimization; Planar arrays; Planar antenna arrays; array thinning; differential evolution; time modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
