Array Thinning of Coupled Antennas Based on the Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Method and a Spherical-Wave Expansion for Far-Field Synthesis

TitleArray Thinning of Coupled Antennas Based on the Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Method and a Spherical-Wave Expansion for Far-Field Synthesis
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsRubio, J., J. Córcoles, J. F. Izquierdo, and R. Gómez-Alcalá
JournalAntennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Volume63
Pagination5425-5432
Date PublishedDec
ISSN0018-926X
KeywordsAntenna arrays, array thinning problem, Arrays, coupled antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, far-field synthesis, fast full-wave analysis method, generalized scattering matrix, iterative algorithm, iterative methods, Layout, linear systems, Matching pursuit algorithms, microstrip antenna arrays, microstrip patch antennas, Mutual coupling, orthogonal matching pursuit method, pattern field synthesis, planar array, rectangular lattices, spherical wave expansion, spherical-wave expansion, translational addition theorems, Transmission line matrix methods, triangular lattices
AbstractThis work is focused on the array thinning problem in shaped beam far-field synthesis. The orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm, which allows finding sparse solutions in linear systems, is combined with a fast full-wave analysis method for antenna arrays based on a spherical wave expansion, thereby taking mutual coupling between real antennas into account in the thinning process. To this aim, the original iterative algorithm is modified so that the current residual is obtained for the selected real coupled antennas in each step of the algorithm. In this way, the remaining nonselected elements are effectively removed instead of turned off. Results for arrays made up of microstrip patch antennas and dielectric resonator antennas arranged in triangular and rectangular lattices are presented.
DOI10.1109/TAP.2015.2487506