Title :
Design of a novel shaped-beam conformal antenna on a complex airborne platform
Author :
Ngai, E.C. ; Southall, H.L. ; Marhefka, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
A novel airborne shaped-beam antenna is designed with a robust genetic algorithm-based pattern synthesis technique. The NEC-BSC Code, a well-known high-frequency electromagnetic solver, is used to take into account the platform scattering.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; conformal antennas; electromagnetic wave scattering; genetic algorithms; microstrip antenna arrays; shaped beam antennas; NEC-BSC Code; complex airborne platform; high-frequency electromagnetic solver; pattern synthesis technique; platform scattering; robust genetic algorithm; shaped-beam conformal antenna; Aircraft; Algorithm design and analysis; Electromagnetic scattering; Genetic algorithms; Global Positioning System; Laboratories; Microstrip antennas; Modems; Radar scattering; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1331870
