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Planar antenna array design with a multi‐purpose GA‐based procedure
Author(s) -
Caorsi Salvatore,
Lommi Andrea,
Massa Andrea,
Piffer Stefano,
Trucco Andrea
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10629
Subject(s) - planar , weighting , genetic algorithm , planar array , antenna (radio) , computer science , reliability (semiconductor) , antenna array , microwave , function (biology) , electronic engineering , algorithm , engineering , telecommunications , power (physics) , physics , acoustics , machine learning , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology , computer graphics (images)
Abstract This paper deals with the synthesis of planar arrays. In the framework of iterative search procedures, a method based on a genetic algorithm (GA) is presented. Starting from the definition of a suitably defined cost function, thinning and weighting a randomly generated array configuration, the multi‐purpose stochastic procedure is able to satisfy various antenna constraints to determines an optimal trade‐off among contrasting requirements. In order to confirm the reliability of the proposed approach (also in comparison with the related literature), some highly optimized antenna array designs are reported and discussed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 35: 428–430, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10629