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:14 May 2021 00:49
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59126
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