Minimization of Mutual Coupling Interferences between Nearby Antenna Arrays to Retain their Beam Steering Functionality

Null Steering GPS Array in the Presence of Mutual Coupling

A null steering GPS antenna array is designed in this paper. In the proposed method, the exact full wave antenna radiation properties with the effect of mutual couplings and nearby scatterers are considered to calculate the array steering vector, precisely. Although the proposed method is not constrained by the array geometry and the antenna element specifications, a five patch antenna elements...

Fluidic beam steering in parasitically coupled patch antenna arrays

Design of Planar Microstrip Antenna Arrays and Mutual Coupling Effects

In patch antennas, characteristics such as high gain, beam scanning, or steering capability are possible only when discrete patch elements are combined to form arrays. The elements of an array may be spatially distributed to form a linear, planar, or volume array. Planar arrays have elements distributed on a plane. Planar array configurations are extensively used in both communication and radar...

Technique for Extension of Small Antenna Array Mutual-Coupling Data to Larger Antenna Arrays

A technique is presented whereby the mutual interaction between a small number of elements in a planar array can be interpolated and extrapolated to accurately predict the combined interactions in a much larger array of many elements. An approximate series expression is developed, based upon knowledge of the analytical characteristic behavior of the mutual admittance between small aperture ante...

Phase-locked laser arrays through global antenna mutual coupling

Phase locking of an array of lasers is a highly effective method in beam shaping because it increases the output power and reduces the lasing threshold. Here, we show a conceptually novel phase-locking mechanism based on ‘antenna mutual coupling’ in which laser elements interact through far-field radiations with definite phase relations. This allows a longrange global coupling among the array e...