On the design of a direct radiating array by using the fractal technique

Katherine E. Siakavara, Elias E. Vafiadis, John N. Sahalos

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Abstract

The fractal technique is introduced as an efficient method for the design of a Direct Radiating Array(DRA) which produces nineteen pencil beams for satellite communications systems. By exploiting the nature of the fractal algorithm for the development of an antenna array, a DRA with high gain and low sidelobe level was designed. Further reduce of the SLL was obtained by proper perturbation of the positions of the elements of the array and the application of one step of quantization at the feeding. The grouping of the elements in blocks of uniformly illuminated elements led, to a number of control points sixteen times smaller than the number of the DRA's elements.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings
Pages1242-1246
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 23 Mar 200927 Mar 2009

Other

Other3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period23/03/0927/03/09

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