On The Optimum Directivity of Dipole Arrays Considering Mutual Coupling
Keywords:
Half wave dipole, directivity, broad side array, end fire array, and mutual coupling.Abstract
Linear half-wave dipole array is optimized on
the basis of the directivity considering mutual coupling
between the array elements, in horizontal, vertical and
three dimensional field patterns. Simulated results for the
value of directivity without and with mutual coupling are
presented in both broad-side and end-fire configurations,
for different number of elements in the array. It is
observed that mutual coupling can enhance as well as
degrade the overall directivity of the array.
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