Beamforming analysis on a broadband antenna array for the Galileo system

Author

Neves, E.S. ; Heckler, M.V.T. ; Selga, A.A. ; Dreher, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Navigation, German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

1129

Lastpage

1132

Abstract

In this work, beamforming analyses on a broadband antenna array designed for the whole Galileo frequency band are shown. The beamforming software was developed by the DLR antenna group and employs a combination of an optimized Chebychev pattern with the sample matrix inversion (SMI) algorithm. This paper begins with a description of the antenna array used for the simulations and its antenna element, and then the construction concepts are presented and commented. Finally, the results of the beamforming analyses are shown and discussed

Keywords

Chebyshev approximation; antenna accessories; antenna arrays; broadband antennas; matrix inversion; Galileo frequency band; Galileo system; antenna element; beamforming analysis; beamforming software; broadband antenna array; optimized Chebychev pattern; sample matrix inversion; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Prototypes; Receiving antennas; Satellite navigation systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710735

Filename

1710735