New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms

Abusitta, M.M.; Abd-Alhameed, R.A.; Zhou, D.; See, C.H.; Jones, SMR; Excell, P.S.

Abstract

A new approach to the design of electronic beam steering in antenna arrays is introduced and analysed. The technique is demonstrated for a uniform antenna array structure. The radiation pattern of the antenna array is formed and the beam steering tuned using the Genetic Algorithm. The results show a reasonably wide steering angle with acceptable experimentally-measured return loss. A simple mathematical formula is developed to highlight the operation of this linear array.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC)
• Start Date: Nov 16, 2009
• End Date: Nov 17, 2009
• Acceptance Date: Sep 21, 2009
• Online Publication Date: Dec 11, 2009
• Publication Date: 2009-11
• Deposit Date: Jun 12, 2019
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 617-620
• Book Title: 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference
• ISBN: 9781424427208
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2009.5352561
• Keywords: Beam steering, uniform antenna array, parasitic antennas, Genetic Algorithm (GA)
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1871498