Simulation of Leaky Wave Antenna with Cosecant Squared Pattern Using Genetic Algorithm
Subject Areas : Electronics Engineering
Farnoosh Heidari
1
,
Zahra Adelpoure
2
,
Naser Parhizgar
3
1 - MSc. Student of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of shiraz, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
3 - professor.Department of Electrical Engineering, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
Keywords: cosecant _ squared, Leaky_ wave antenna, side lobe level, leakage rate, substrated integrated waveguide,
Abstract :
Realizing a cosecant-squared pattern is a challenging research area due to its widespread use in air-surveillance radar systems wherein the radiation characteristics of the tracking antenna play a significant role in accurate tracking of the targets. However, little research has been performed on realizing a cosecant-squared pattern in leaky-wave antennas (LWAs). In this paper, the authors present a synthesis procedure for realizing a cosecant-squared pattern in LWAs using optimization. To achieve the cosecant-squared pattern, the antenna is divided into sections each with an appropriate length, periodicity, and leakage rate. The length of the sections is determined such that all the sections have the same directivity. Moreover, following the appropriate layout for the beam pointing angle of the sections, the periodicity of the sections is obtained. The objective then is to determine the values of the leakage rate. This objective is achieved using optimization, which in this study is a genetic algorithm. To this end, through defining a proper cost function, the objectives are determined following the proposed optimization procedure. The procedure is described within a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) LWA. A prototype of the antenna is fabricated and measured. Apart from the good agreement between the simulation and the measurement results, the proposed synthesis procedure can provide a target pattern with low ripples in the shaped region (≤ 2 dB) and a low level of side lobes (≤ -18 dB), making the antenna suitable for air-surveillance radar systems.
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[4] M. H. Amini, I. Aryanian and S. Mirhadi, "Multi-feed Reflector Antenna Design using RADS", in International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST), 2018, pp. 686-689, doi: 10.1109/ISTEL.2018.8660803.
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