Design of Beam-Forming Networks for Multibeam Antenna Arrays Using Coherently Radiating Periodic Structures

The design of a beam-forming network (BFN) for a multibeam-steerable antenna array using Coherently RadiatingPeriodic Structures (CORPS) is presented. In this design, the input ports of the feeding network are optimized usingthe particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. A two-beam design configur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Arce, A., Covarrubias, D.H., Panduro, M.A., Garza, L.A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Journal of Applied Research and Technology
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.localhost:article/420
Acceso en línea:https://jart.icat.unam.mx/index.php/jart/article/view/420
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CORPS beamforming network
scannable multibeam antenna array
array factor.
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Sumario:The design of a beam-forming network (BFN) for a multibeam-steerable antenna array using Coherently RadiatingPeriodic Structures (CORPS) is presented. In this design, the input ports of the feeding network are optimized usingthe particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. A two-beam design configuration of CORPS-BFN for a multibeamsteerablelinear array is proposed and analyzed. The results shown in this paper present certain interestingcharacteristics in the array factor response, in terms of sidelobe level (SLL) and directivity (D), for the scannablemultibeam linear array and the feeding network simplification for the design of BFN based on CORPS.