Grating lobe suppression in rotationally tiled arrays

Alshammary, Abdullah and Weiss, Stephan and Almorqi, Sultan; (2017) Grating lobe suppression in rotationally tiled arrays. In: 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP). IEEE, Piscataway.

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Abstract

Uniform placement of array elements limits its maximum frequency due to the formation of grating lobes. While non-uniform element or subarray spacing have significantly lower grating lobes, it reduces aperture efficiency and leads to arrays that are difficult to design and manufacture. We propose a modular asymmetric convex-shaped subarray to construct the array by rotation and translation, filling the aperture without overlaps or gaps. This new approach can achieve lower grating lobes compared to uniform array geometries. It can also lower design, manufacturing and operation costs by offering interoperable subarrays and provide array size flexibility.

ORCID iDs

Alshammary, Abdullah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5188-6513, Weiss, Stephan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3486-7206 and Almorqi, Sultan;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:59126
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    18 March 2017
    Published
    5 December 2016
    Accepted
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    Keywords:subarray, grating lobes, plane tilling, tessellation, sensor arrays, signal wavelength, beamwidth, rotationally tiled arrays, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Sensors and Asset Management
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Dec 2016 15:31
    Last modified:26 Oct 2022 01:01
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59126
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