• DocumentCode
    546258
  • Title

    The new role of time-modulation for innovative array synthesis

  • Author

    Oliveri, G. ; Carlin, M.

  • Author_Institution
    DISI, ELEDIA Res. Group, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-15 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    2209
  • Lastpage
    2212
  • Abstract
    The synthesis of multiple beam patterns at the harmonic frequencies generated by a time-modulated linear array is addressed in this work. The pulse sequence modulating the static element excitations is defined to obtain the desired patterns in the first harmonic radiations. Towards this aim, the degrees of freedom available in the time-domain of a time-modulated array are optimized by means of an algorithm based on the particle swarm optimizer. A set of results regarding the synthesis of sum and difference patterns is reported and discussed to assess the effectiveness of the proposed method.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; particle swarm optimisation; harmonic frequency; harmonic radiation; innovative array synthesis; multiple beam pattern; particle swarm optimizer; static element excitation; time-modulated linear array; time-modulation; Amplitude modulation; Antennas; Arrays; Frequency synthesizers; Harmonic analysis; Power system harmonics; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0250-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5782011