Title :
Evaluation of the directivity of antenna arrays using an iterative method
Author :
Rialet, D. ; Clenet, Michel ; Antar, Yahia M. M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., R. Mil. Coll. of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada
Abstract :
An iterative method is proposed to evaluate the directivity of antenna arrays. A new algorithm which results in considerable saving in computation (up to 98%) is introduced. A uniformly spaced linear array is used to demonstrate this new method. Unlike the conventional method, results are accurate even if an initial coarse angular resolution is used in the iterative method. Moreover, this new method accounts for a stop condition to control the accuracy of the results.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; iterative methods; linear antenna arrays; antenna arrays; directivity evaluation; initial coarse angular resolution; iterative method; uniformly spaced linear array; antenna array; directivity; iterative method;
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
