Reduction of Mutual coupling in Microstrip Array Antenna using Polygonal Defected Ground Structure

The surface wave propagation is a significant problem in microstrip array antennas. Several methods have been reported to suppress the propagation of surface wave such as defected ground structure (DGS). The main problem in DGS is to determine the shape of ground slot. In this paper, a new method is...

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Published inApplied Computational Electromagnetics Society journal Vol. 26; no. 4; p. 334
Main Authors Farahbakhsh, Ali, Moradi, Gholamreza, Mohanna, Shahram
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pisa River Publishers 01.04.2011
Subjects
Ant colony optimization
Antenna arrays
Genetic algorithms
Microstrip antennas
Mutual coupling
Polygons
Surface waves
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ISSN1054-4887
1943-5711

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Summary:The surface wave propagation is a significant problem in microstrip array antennas. Several methods have been reported to suppress the propagation of surface wave such as defected ground structure (DGS). The main problem in DGS is to determine the shape of ground slot. In this paper, a new method is proposed in which the slot is assumed to be a polygon and its shape is obtained by enhanced genetic algorithm (GA) and ant colony optimization (ACO) to have an array antenna with good gain and the least amount of return loss and mutual coupling.
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ISSN:1054-4887
1943-5711