Abstract

This paper proposes a new design of low sidelobe level (SLL) and high gain linear printed Vivaldi antenna array. The array composes of two parts, which are a linear Vivaldi antenna array and a back reflector. The array consists of 10 single Vivaldi antennas and a series-fed network, those are based on Roger RO4003C substrate (ε = 3.55) with the dimension of 140 x 450 x 1.524 mm3. A new Bat algorithm with the amplitude-only control technique has been applied to optimize the output coefficients of the series-fed network for gaining a low SLL. The simulation results indicate that the proposed antenna provides a low SLL of -29.2 dB in E-plane with a high gain of 16.5 dBi at the frequency of 3500 MHz. A prototype of the proposed antenna array has been fabricated. The measured data has a good agreement with the simulated data.

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