Design of series fed printed arrays
MONTISCI, GIORGIO;CASULA, GIOVANNI ANDREA;MAZZARELLA, GIUSEPPE
2003-01-01
Abstract
A new approach to the design of series-fed printed arrays is proposed, taking into account both the mutual coupling between the patches and the patch-feedline interaction. This approach relies on a small set of design equations, describing in a concise way the array behaviour. Each patch, and the mutual coupling, is modelled using an accurate form of the transmission-line model. The model parameters, as well as the feed-structure ones, enter in the design equations thus allowing an effective array design. Both pencil-beam and shaped-beam aperture distributions can be synthesized. The presented approach has been validated using both Method of Moments simulations and experimental responses.Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.