Abstract
AbstractThis article presents an array antenna with beam‐steering capability in azimuth over a wide frequency band using real‐valued weighting coefficients that can be realized in practice by amplifiers or attenuators. The described beamforming scheme relies on a 2D (instead of 1D) array structure in order to make sure that there are enough degrees of freedom to realize a given radiation pattern in both the angular and frequency domains. In the presented approach, weights are determined using an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) technique by neglecting the mutual coupling between array elements. Because of the presence of mutual coupling, the actual array produces a radiation pattern with increased side‐lobe levels. In order to counter this effect, the design aims to realize the initial radiation pattern with a lower side‐lobe level. This strategy is demonstrated in the design example of 4 × 4 element array. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 287–291, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www. interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21329
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