Digital Beamforming Antenna Array to Unknown Interference Countermeasure

Abstract

An  optimal  beam  forming  method  is  proposed  which  incorporates  all  electromagnetic  characteristics  of  the
antenna  elements,  including  radiation  pattern,  mutual  coupling  and  radome effect.  The  optimal  beam  forming
technique minimizes the total power radiated by the antenna array while the response in a desired direction is
maintained.  By  considering  the  active  element  patterns  efficient  beam  forming  algorithm  is  obtained  which  is
able to manage all mutual coupling effects. Simulation results show the performance of the proposed algorithm
applied to an antenna array. 

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