Synthesis of Thinned Linear and Planar Antenna Arrays, Using a Taguchi-Enhanced Binary Gold Rush Optimizer

Authors

  • Weibin Kong College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China, Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Technology Center, Multimodal Perception and Intelligent Control of Offshore Wind Power Systems, Yancheng 224051, China
  • Yiming Zong College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China
  • Lei Wang College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-861X
  • Wenwen Yang School of Science and Technology, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
  • Botong Liu College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China
  • Binghe Sun Jiangsu Bomin Electronics Co. Ltd, Yancheng 224100, China
  • Feng Zhou College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2026.ACES.J.410102

Keywords:

Antenna radiation pattern, gold rush optimizer (GRO), thinned array, Taguchi method

Abstract

In this paper, a Taguchi-enhanced binary gold rush optimizer (TEBGRO) is proposed for designing thinned antenna arrays with a low peak sidelobe level (PSLL). The method integrates the Taguchi orthogonal experimental design into the population initialization phase, generating high-quality initial populations to improve convergence speed and stability. By combining a differential mutation interference factor and a time-varying transfer function, the algorithm further balances global exploration and local exploitation capabilities. Experimental results show that TEBGRO outperforms other binary optimization algorithms for both 100-element linear arrays and 20 x 10 planar arrays.

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Author Biographies

Weibin Kong, College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China, Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Technology Center, Multimodal Perception and Intelligent Control of Offshore Wind Power Systems, Yancheng 224051, China

Weibin Kong received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Qufu Normal University, China, 2007, and the M.S. degree in mathematics from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in radio engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2015. Since 2020, he has been an associate professor with the College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng. His current research interests include computational electromagnetism, artificial intelligence, and wireless communication.

Yiming Zong, College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China

Yiming Zong received the B.S. degree in electronic information engineering from Yancheng Institute of Technology in 2022. He is currently pursuing the M.Eng. degree in electronic information at Yancheng Institute of Technology. His main research interests focus on computational electromagnetics and artificial intelligence.

Lei Wang, College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China

Lei Wang received the B.S. degree in integrated circuit design and integrated systems and the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China, in 2017 and 2023, respectively. Since 2023, he has been a Lecturer with the College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng. His current research interests include artificial intelligence and antenna, millimeter-wave antennas and arrays, and characteristic mode analysis.

Wenwen Yang, School of Science and Technology, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China

Wenwen Yang received the B.Eng. degree in information engineering and the M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing, China, in 2007, 2010, and 2015, respectively. Since 2015, he has been with the School of Electronics and Information, Nantong University, Nantong, China, where he is currently an Associate Professor. From August 2018 to August 2019, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. He has authored or coauthored more than 80 internationally referred journal and conference papers. His research interests include RF, microwave and millimeter-wave passive devices, active antenna array, and antennas for wireless communication.

Botong Liu, College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China

Botong Liu received the B.S. degrees and M.S. degrees from xidian University, xi’an, China and East China Normal University, shanghai, in 2015 and 2021 respectively. Since 2021, he is a lecturer with the College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, and Yancheng, China. His research focuses on robotic control and applications, with a specialization in visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM).

Binghe Sun, Jiangsu Bomin Electronics Co. Ltd, Yancheng 224100, China

Binghe Sun received the Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2005. He is currently the Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Bomin Electronics Technology. He has previously worked at well-known domestic and international companies such as ASE Semiconductor, Autech, and Founder Technology. In 2023, he was recognized as a ‘Double Innovation Talent’ of Jiangsu Province and was appointed as an industrial professor under the Jiangsu Province Graduate Mentor program. His current research interests include electronic packaging, artificial intelligence, and electromagnetic materials.

Feng Zhou, College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu Yancheng 224051, China

Feng Zhou received the B.S. degrees and M.S. degrees from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2004 and 2012 respectively. Since 2023, he is a professor with the College of Information Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, China. His research interests include cooperative communication, satellite communication, cognitive radio, physical layer security and UAV communication.

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2026-01-30

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W. . Kong, “Synthesis of Thinned Linear and Planar Antenna Arrays, Using a Taguchi-Enhanced Binary Gold Rush Optimizer”, ACES Journal, vol. 41, no. 01, pp. 10–18, Jan. 2026.

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