Beam-forming Networks for Scannable Multi-beam Antenna Arrays using CORPS and Differential Evolution
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Panduro, Marco A. (Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Reynosa-Rodhe, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (UAT) Carretera, Reynosa-San Fernando, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, 88779 México)
Rio-Bocio, Carlos del (Universidad Pública de Navarra, campus Arrosadia 31006, Pamplona, España)
Abstract:
This paper deals with the design of beam-forming networks (BFN) for scannable multibeam antenna arrays using Coherently Radiating Periodic Structures (CORPS). This design of CORPS-BFN considers the optimization of the complex inputs of the feeding network by using the Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm. Simulation results for different configurations of CORPS-BFN for a scannable multibeam linear array are presented. The results shown in this paper present certain interesting characteristics in the array factor response for the scannable multibeam linear array and the feeding network simplification for the design of BFN based on CORPS.