3D Array Element Design for Pattern Shaping
Cristina Yepes Julia (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Erio Gandini (TNO)
Stefania Monni (TNO)
Frank E. Van Vliet (TNO)
Andrea Neto (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Daniele Cavallo (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
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Abstract
In this work, antenna arrays with tilted dipoles are investigated in terms of radiation and impedance properties. A spectral method of moments (MoM) was developed for the analysis of doubly-periodic arrays (i.e. periodic in both x and ydirections)
with arbitrarily tilted dipole elements, in free space or in the presence of a backing reflector. By the aid of this analysis method, the radiation characteristics of arrays of stacked dipoles over a ground plane are studied, highlighting the variation of the
patterns as a function of the inter-element distance and the angle of inclination of the elements.