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Title: | Ultra-wideband tightly coupled fractal octagonal phased array antenna |
Authors: | Farhat, Iman Omar Adami, Kristian Z. Zhang, Yongwei Brown, Anthony K. Sammut, Charles V. |
Keywords: | Ultra-wideband antennas Genetic algorithms Aperture antennas Fractals Broadband communication systems |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Citation: | Farhat, E. O., Adami, K. Z., Zhang, Y., Brown, A. K., & Sammut, C. V. (2013). Ultra-wideband tightly coupled fractal octagonal phased array antenna. International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Torino. 140-144. |
Abstract: | This paper presents a low profile ultrawideband tightly coupled phased array antenna with integrated feedlines. The aperture array consists of planar element pairs with fractal geometry. In each element these pairs are set orthogonal to each other for dual polarisation. The design is an array of closely capacitively coupled pairs of fractal octagonal rings. The adjustment of the capacitive load at the tip end of the elements and the strong mutual coupling between the elements, enables a wideband conformal performance. Adding a ground plane below the array partly compensates for the frequency variation of the array impedance, providing further enhancement in the array bandwidth. Additional improvement is achieved by placing another layer of conductive elements at a defined distance above the radiating elements. A Genetic Algorithm was scripted in MATLAB and combined with the HFSS simulator, providing an easy optimisation tool across the operational bandwidth for the array unit cell design parameters. The proposed antenna shows a wide-scanning ability with a low cross-polarisation level over a wide bandwidth. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/18966 |
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