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28 january 2020 15:02:36

 
Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 713: MOM/GA-Based Virtual Array for Radar Systems (Sensors)
 


This paper introduces a novel antenna array synthesis for radar systems based on the concept of a virtual antenna array (VAA) and the method of moments/genetic algorithm (MoM/GA) synthesis method. The VAA concept is applied to both scanning and fixed radiation pattern arrays. The proposed VAA is introduced to simultaneously support the medium-range radar (MRR) and the long-range radar (LRR) with beam width ±7° for LRR and ±37° for MRR. The proposed VAA is distinguished by its minimum number of antenna elements, simple feeding network, high efficiency, and gain, but all of these are at the expense of a large aperture antenna size compared to the planar antenna array (PAA). The VAA has the ability to have the feeding network and the radiating elements on the same layer, as compared to the multilayer PAA. The newly proposed concept is analyzed and verified analytically and experimentally. Two orthogonal (16 elements) VAAs are designed to operate in the frequency range from 23.55 to 24.7 GHz and to support a flat-shoulder shape (FSS) radiation pattern for LRR/MRR. The antenna was fabricated and tested experimentally, and good agreements between the simulated and measured results were noticed. The proposed VAA is introduced to solve the problems of large size, low isolations, low efficiency, feeding network, low resolution, and small coverage range for the antenna arrays of automotive radars. The proposed antenna array is introduced for automotive radar applications at 24 GHz.


 
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