Synthesis of Reactively Loaded Sparse Antenna Arrays Using Optimization on Riemannian Manifold

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Volume 5, issue 3, pp. 653-663

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This paper introduces a method for computing reactive terminations for scatterer elements in antenna arrays. With the fixed scatterer elements, we shape embedded element patterns of sparse arrays to focus the radiation into a grating-lobe-free limited field of view. The reactive terminations of the scatterer elements are determined by optimizing reflection coefficients on a Riemannian manifold. In addition, we show that widening the grating-lobe-free field of view is possible by tilting the field of view. We design both 5-element linear and 4-by-4-element planar reactively loaded antenna arrays with 1.4-wavelength inter-element distances. The terminations of the scatterer elements are optimized so that the arrays cover either the broadside-located or the tilted grating-lobe-free field of view. The results obtained from the linear array are validated through measurements of manufactured prototypes.

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Salmi, A, Lehtovuori, A & Viikari, V 2024, 'Synthesis of Reactively Loaded Sparse Antenna Arrays Using Optimization on Riemannian Manifold', IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 653-663. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJAP.2024.3382833