A technique for the extraction of the connector response in adaptive parasitic antenna arrays

The response of the connector of the radiating elements in antenna arrays greatly influences the behavior of the overall system. In this work we present a novel yet simple procedure for the effective extraction of the connector response. Our method allows the calculation of the exact response of the connector by means of the solution of a linear system of equations obtained from the measurement of the impedance matrix of a test array and its simulated value. Once the connector response has been obtained in a simple test case the connector model can be used in the analysis and synthesis of a wide class of problems.