Title :
A Hybrid Approach Based on PSO and Hadamard Difference Sets for the Synthesis of Square Thinned Arrays
Author :
Donelli, Massimo ; Martini, Anna ; Massa, Andrea
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy
Abstract :
A hybrid approach for the synthesis of planar thinned antenna arrays is presented. The proposed solution exploits and combines the most attractive features of a particle swarm algorithm and those of a combinatorial method based on the noncyclic difference sets of Hadamard type. Numerical experiments validate the proposed solution, showing improvements with respect to previous results.
Keywords :
combinatorial mathematics; particle swarm optimisation; planar antenna arrays; set theory; Hadamard noncyclic difference set; PSO; combinatorial method; hybrid approach; particle swarm optimisation algorithm; planar square thinned antenna array synthesis; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Communication system control; Communications technology; Costs; Energy consumption; Lattices; Level control; Particle swarm optimization; Planar arrays; Postal services; Sampling methods; World Wide Web; Difference sets; particle swarm optimizer (PSO); sidelobe control; thinned arrays;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2009.2024570
