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Radiation Pattern and Directivity of an Antenna Array

Introduction

The application calculates the array factor and directivity for a uniform linear antenna array, and then plots the radiation pattern.

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restart:withUnitsStandard:withplots:withScientificConstants:withColorTools:

Parameters

The number of elements in the uniform array:

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N≔10:


Design frequency:

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f__d≔1GHz:

Permittivity and permeability of free space:

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ε__o≔evalfConstantpermittivity_of_vacuum,units;

8.854187815×10−12⁢Fm

(2.1)
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μ__o≔evalfConstantpermeability_of_vacuum,units

1.256637062×10−6⁢Hm

(2.2)


Phase constant:

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β__o≔2⋅π⋅f__d⋅μ__o⋅ε__o

β__o≔20.95845022⁢1m

(2.3)


Wavelength:

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λ__d≔2⋅πβ__o

λ__d≔0.2997924580⁢m

(2.4)

For a maximum at:

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φ__m≔π3.:


Inter-element spacing:

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d≔ λ__d3

d≔0.09993081933⁢m

(2.5)


Progressive phase shift between elements:

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ψ≔β__o⋅d⋅cosφ__m

ψ≔1.047197551

(2.6)

Calculations

Array factor

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AF≔φ→1N⋅sinN2⋅β__o⋅d⋅cosφ−ψsin12⋅β__o⋅d⋅cosφ−ψ:

 

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polarplotAFφ,φ=0..2⋅π,filled,size=700,700,color=ColorRGB,0/255,79/244,121/255,thickness=0,axesfont=Calibri,adaptive=false,numpoints=500,axis=gridlines=color=grey

The directivity for this array is calculated from the total power radiated.

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P__tot≔2⋅ intAFφ2,φ=0..2⋅Pi,numeric

P__tot≔1.428780370

(3.1)
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D__o≔4⋅πP__tot

D__o≔8.795173059

(3.2)

Which, in dB, is:

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10⋅log10D__o

9.442443893

(3.3)

Reference

Iskander, Magdi F., Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992.