On the Efficiency of Particle Swarm Optimizer when Applied to Antenna Optimization

Author

Olcan, Dragan I. ; Golubovic, Ruzica M. ; Kolundzija, Branko M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Belgrade Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

3297

Lastpage

3300

Abstract

This paper presents the results for three different antenna optimization problems that are found using the particle swarm optimizer (PSO). The outcomes found with PSO are compared to the outcomes found with other optimization algorithms to estimate the efficiency of PSO. The first problem is finding the optimal position of the feeding probe in a radiating rectangular waveguide. The second problem is finding the maximal forward gain of a Yagi antenna. The third problem is finding the optimal feeding of a broadside antenna array. The optimization problems have 2, 6, and 20 optimization variables respectively

Keywords

Yagi antenna arrays; antenna feeds; particle swarm optimisation; rectangular waveguides; Yagi antenna; antenna optimization problems; broadside antenna array; feeding probe optimal position; maximal forward gain; optimal feeding; optimization variables; particle swarm optimizer efficiency; radiating rectangular waveguide; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Dynamic range; Frequency; Particle swarm optimization; Probes; Rectangular waveguides; Reflection; Yagi-Uda antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1711317

Filename

1711317