The main objective of this chapter is to present to the readers a step-by-step design approach when designing antenna array. Subsequently, the chapter will proceed following an example design of a passive Ku band planner receive array antenna for direct broadcast from satellite (DBS) reception for mobile systems. First, an appropriate antenna topology capable of reaching our target goals will b...

Directive antenna array with reduced side lobe level can be obtained using thinned array. This paper describes the design of planar thinned array using Hadamard matrix-like arrangement. Here ‘on’ and ‘off’ states of the antenna elements are arranged based on Hadamard Matrix and inter-element spacing in x and y-directions are varied and then genetic algorithm is used to optimize lowest side lobe...

Triangular latt ice Electromagnetic Band-Gap (EBG) St ructure in the ground plane is used in the design of a Triangular Microstrip Patch Antenna (TMPA) Array to improve its bandwidth. The patch elements are equilateral t riangular in shape. The Equilateral Triangular Microstrip Patch Antenna (ETMPA) Array design has four patch elements in 2×2 form with ground plane having circular cutouts formi...

This dissertation focuses on the implementation of integrating pulse transmitter with wide-band antenna array into a chip by CMOS process for beam-forming in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) active imaging applications. Integrated antenna arrays in this research electrically control and steer radiated-pulse beams towards objects to be imaged. Among imaging approaches, active imaging method provides mo...

The best way of gain enhancement can be obtained is from the array models, but there are some problems associated with array antennas. Mutual coupling losses, element spacing and design complexity are major concerns in the array antennas. The present paper deals with the performance characterization among the 2X2, 3X3, 4X4 array antennas. Rectangular patch array models are constructed and simul...

An array signal recovery algorithm based on sparse signal reconstruction theory is proposed for a single-RF-channel digital beamforming (DBF) array. A single-RF-channel antenna array is a low-cost antenna array in which signals are obtained from all antenna elements by only one microwave digital receiver. The spatially parallel array signals are converted into time-sequence signals, which are t...

In this paper, the authors propose a circularly polarized printed antenna combining a slot array antenna and a patch antenna, with dual-band operation. The proposed antenna has good isolation performance, is compact, and has simple configuration. This antenna is composed of two parts, a patch antenna (for Rx) on the top, and a slot array antenna (for Tx) on the bottom, respectively. The element...

this article presents an overview of the recent Frequency dependent and Frequency independent antenna theory. An antenna is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “a usually metallic device (as a rod or wire) for radiating (transmitting) or receiving radio waves or EM wave.” The IEEE Standard Definitions of Terms for Antennas (IEEE Std 145–1983) defines the antenna as “a means for radiating or rece...

This paper presents the results of an interference localisation trial using an experimental adaptive antenna array currently under development. The prototype adaptive antenna array was driven through a field of RF transmitters and the direction of arrival (DOA) of multiple RF signals at various positions of the vehicle were estimated. From these DOA measurements the transmitter locations were e...

In this paper, the performance of a smart antenna system based on a linear array is evaluated. The results presented here include the antenna pattern. This procedure can reduce the interference level in a cellular communications system. Key-words: Smart Antennas, linear array, switched-beam, adaptive array, SDMA.