{"title":"Synthesis of Reactively Loaded Sparse Antenna Arrays Using Optimization on Riemannian Manifold","authors":"Albert Salmi;Anu Lehtovuori;Ville Viikari","doi":"10.1109/OJAP.2024.3382833","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a method for computing reactive terminations for scatterer elements in antenna arrays. With the fixed scatterer elements, we shape embedded element patterns of sparse arrays to focus the radiation into a grating-lobe-free limited field of view. The reactive terminations of the scatterer elements are determined by optimizing reflection coefficients on a Riemannian manifold. In addition, we show that widening the grating-lobe-free field of view is possible by tilting the field of view. We design both 5-element linear and 4-by-4-element planar reactively loaded antenna arrays with 1.4-wavelength inter-element distances. The terminations of the scatterer elements are optimized so that the arrays cover either the broadside-located or the tilted grating-lobe-free field of view. The results obtained from the linear array are validated through measurements of manufactured prototypes.","PeriodicalId":34267,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10485206","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10485206/","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper introduces a method for computing reactive terminations for scatterer elements in antenna arrays. With the fixed scatterer elements, we shape embedded element patterns of sparse arrays to focus the radiation into a grating-lobe-free limited field of view. The reactive terminations of the scatterer elements are determined by optimizing reflection coefficients on a Riemannian manifold. In addition, we show that widening the grating-lobe-free field of view is possible by tilting the field of view. We design both 5-element linear and 4-by-4-element planar reactively loaded antenna arrays with 1.4-wavelength inter-element distances. The terminations of the scatterer elements are optimized so that the arrays cover either the broadside-located or the tilted grating-lobe-free field of view. The results obtained from the linear array are validated through measurements of manufactured prototypes.