Design of Scannable Non-uniform Planar Array Structure for Maximum Side-Lobe Reduction

  • Bae, Ji-Hoon (Digital Broadcasting Research Division, ETRI) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Tae (Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Pyo, Cheol-Sig (Digital Broadcasting Research Division, ETRI) ;
  • Chae, Jong-Suk (Digital Broadcasting Research Division, ETRI)
  • Received : 2003.05.12
  • Published : 2004.02.29

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a novel design scheme for an optimal non-uniform planar array geometry in view of maximum side-lobe reduction. This is implemented by a thinned array using a genetic algorithm. We show that the proposed method can maintain a low side-lobe level without pattern distortion during beam steering.

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