Design of on-board array antennas by pattern optimization

Abstract

The design of low sidelobe radiation patterns for array antennas mounted over aircrafts or ships is performed by an optimization procedure. The optimization leads to a set of excitation coefficients that optimize conformal antennas over the vehicular platform considering both electromagnetic coupling with the vehicle and mutual coupling between array elements. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 21: 446–448, 1999.