Antenna Array Weight Synthesis for Low Side Lobe Levels using Window Functions
S. Venkata Rama Rao1, A. Mallikarjuna Prasad2, Ch. Santhi Rani3
1S.Venkata Rama Rao*, Ph. D Scholar, JNTUK, Kakinada, India.
2A .Mallikarjuna Prasad, Professor of ECE, University College of Engineering, JNTUK, Kakinada, India.
3Ch.Santhi Rani, Professor of ECE, USHA RAMA College of Engineering and Technology, Telaprolu, Near Gannavaram, India.
Manuscript received on September 24, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on October 05, 2019. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2019. | PP: 3074-3081 | Volume-9 Issue-1, October 2019 | Retrieval Number: A1664109119/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A1664.109119
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Abstract: A lot of research is being carried out to reduce side lobe levels (SSLs) in the radiation pattern of antenna arrays. A number of novel optimization techniques have been developed over the years and adapted for this purpose. In this paper, a number of window functions are applied to suppress the maximum side lobe level (MSLL) in linear antenna arrays. The window functions Bartlett, Taylor, Hanning, Barthann, Hamming, Gaussian, Blackman, Chebyshev, Blackman-Harris and Kaiser are considered in the simulation. The optimized pattern for a 10 element linear antenna array and corresponding normalized window tappers for every window are presented. Finally the efficiency of all windows is compared in terms of their computed parameters.
Keywords: Chebyshev window, Gaussian window, linear antenna array, MSLL, Taylor window, window Tappers.