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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieek.2013.50.8.094

The Mirror Active Element Pattern Method for The Radiation Pattern Computation of Linear Array Antennas  

Kim, Jae-Hyun (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
Yoon, Young-Min (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
Kim, Boo-Gyoun (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.50, no.8, 2013 , pp. 94-102 More about this Journal
Abstract
We propose the mirror active element pattern (AEP) method for the radiation pattern computation of linear array antennas versus scan angles. The computation time for the radiation pattern of linear array antennas using the mirror AEP method is reduced by almost half compared to that using the AEP method because the number of AEPs of elements obtained by the full-wave simulation necessary for the radiation pattern computation of linear array antennas is reduced by almost half. The difference between the radiation patterns of linear array antennas obtained by the full-wave simulation and mirror AEP method is very small for wide scan angle range when the radiation pattern of an antenna element is symmetric.
Keywords
Antenna arrays; active element pattern (AEP); mirror AEP method; radiation pattern; symmetric structure;
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