Synthesis of Non-Uniform Amplitude equally Spaced Antenna Arrays Using PSO and DE Algorithms

Abstract

In recent years Evolutionary computation has its growth to extent. Synthesis of non-uniform linear antenna arrays is one of the most important electromagnetic optimization problems of the current interest. In this paper, the design of non-uniform linear antenna arrays with optimum side lobe level reduction is investigated. Two global evolutionary optimization methods are Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm(PSO) and Differential Evolution algorithm(DE ) are used to determine an optimum set of weights and positions that provide a radiation pattern with optimum side lobe level having uniform progressive phase between the elements. Simulation results show considerable enhancements in array performances using the global optimizers. The paper finally illustrates a comparative evaluation of the two proposed algorithms regarding their applicability as numerical optimization techniques.