Unconventional Beamforming for Quasi-Hemispheric Coverage of a Phased Array Antenna

作者:Peng, Zhengyu; Hu, Tiancun; Cui, Wangzhao; Huangfu, Jiangtao*; Li, Changzhi; Ran, Lixin
来源:IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2013, 12: 1654-1657.
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2013.2294690

摘要

It is usually difficult to synthesize a wide-angle coverage beam for an array antenna. In this letter, we propose an unconventional beamforming approach for a phased array antenna. By optimizing the orientations and depths of nulls of the radiation pattern, "effective" quasi-hemispheric coverage with a single remaining null in the direction of no interest can be achieved. We modify an existing nulling algorithm to synthesize such a special radiation pattern by introducing a hypothetical incidence of interference and Gaussian white noise. Analysis and simulation of a five-element linear array antenna verified the effectiveness of the proposed approach.