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Abstract

Conventional sidelobe reduction methods such as analytical or parametric approaches and complex numerical optimization approaches were accomplished via specific tapering windows. Among all of the tapering windows, a rectangular window gives simplest array feeding network, narrower beam width, and highest directivity. The only drawback is its highest sidelobe level due to sharp edges at the array ends. In this paper, a simple trapezoid taper window, which is something between typical rectangular and triangular windows, is first suggested as a best compromise between uniform and non-uniform amplitude window functions. Then, it is further developed by making it adaptive or adjustable by including a number of controllable-amplitude elements in the linear edges of the trapezoid window. Thus, the proposed taper window becomes very flexible to accommodate different user-defined constraints. To find the optimal values of those controllable-amplitude elements, a genetic optimization algorithm is used to design and optimize the trapezoid window such that a desired sidelobe peaks and controlled nulls can be met while maximizing the complexity reduction as much as possible. The linear and planar antenna arrays are simulated to validate the superiority of the proposed taper window.

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Prof. Jafar Ramadhan Mohammed