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Title: | Optimization of a 12.5 GHz microstrip antenna array using Taguchi's method |
Authors: | Spasos, M Nilavalan, R Tsiakmakis, K Charalampidis, N Cheung, SW |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
Citation: | International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Artn: 458569, Jul 2011 |
Abstract: | This paper presents Taguchi's optimization method implemented in the design of a single feed (without any matching network) 5×5 microstrip antenna array operating around 12.5 GHz. The proposed optimization method is statistical and is widely used for quality assurance in many fields such as mechanical and chemical production, consumer electronics, services; however it has been underused in the field of electromagnetics. It allows optimization of multiparameter, multitarget complex designs in a very short time in conjunction with advanced simulation tools. The proposed antenna has been fully evaluated under Taghuchi's and PSO's optimization methods, and the experimental results show total Gain of 15 dB, and good matching with S11 better than −20 dB, in the frequency range 12.3 to 12.8 GHz. |
Description: | This Article is provided by the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright 2011 @ Hindawi Publishing |
URI: | http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/2011/458569/ http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6148 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/458569 |
ISSN: | 1687-5869 |
Appears in Collections: | Electronic and Computer Engineering Publications Brunel OA Publishing Fund Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers |
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