QPSO for failure correction of linear array of mutually coupled parallel dipole antennas with desired side lobe level and return loss》.pdf

Journal of King Saud University – Engineering Sciences (2015) xxx, xxx–xxx King Saud University Journal of King Saud University – Engineering Sciences .sa ORIGINAL ARTICLE QPSO for failure correction of linear array of mutually coupled parallel dipole antennas with desired side lobe level and return loss R. Muralidharan a, A. Vallavaraj a, G.K. Mahanti b,*, Hemant Patidar b a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman b Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India Received 1 January 2015; accepted 28 May 2015 KEYWORDS Abstract A method based on quantum particle swarm optimization is proposed for correcting Antennas array; radiation pattern of a uniformly spaced linear array of parallel half-wavelength vertical very thin Array failure correction; dipole antennas when more than one element of the array is completely defective. The generated Quantum particle swarm pattern is broadside in the horizontal plane. Mutual coupling between the half-wavelength parallel optimization; dipole antennas has been taken care of by induced EMF method considering the current distribu- Return loss; tion on each dipole to be sinusoidal. Side lobe level and minimum return loss of the corrected pat- Side lobe level tern with defective elements are also calculated and an attempt is made that these parameters be equal to their respective specified values. This is usually done by changing excitation current ampli-