Title :
Simulation study of reactively steered adaptive arrays
Author_Institution :
Naval Weapons Center, RF & Microwave Technology Branch, China Lake, USA
Abstract :
A reactively steered adaptive array has a single driven element with closely coupled parasitic elements. Adjustable reactive terminations on the parasitic elements are the adaptively controlled variables. The results of a simulation study show that the best element spacing is approximately 0.2¿, that the optimum array size is seven elements, and that this seven-element array can steer three nulls.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna theory; closely coupled parasitic elements; element spacing; nulls; optimum array size; reactively steered adaptive arrays; simulation study; single driven element;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850273