The design and analysis of special type beam former, the Butler matrix, toachieve orthogonal beam-forming networks is presented in this paper. A 4 X 4 microstrip planar arrayantenna is assumed to simulate a 4 X 4 Butl...The design and analysis of special type beam former, the Butler matrix, toachieve orthogonal beam-forming networks is presented in this paper. A 4 X 4 microstrip planar arrayantenna is assumed to simulate a 4 X 4 Butler matrix to demonstrate orthogonal beam forming andbeam steering. The dimensions of rectangular patches in the planar array are chosen according to theDolph-Chebyshev current distribution in order to minimize the side-lobe level ratio for a givenvalue of beamwidth. The simulations are carried out using an antenna design and analysis softwarePCAAD. It is shown that orthogonal beams can be formed to cover about 163° angle with a constantbeam crossover level and high directivity.展开更多
文摘The design and analysis of special type beam former, the Butler matrix, toachieve orthogonal beam-forming networks is presented in this paper. A 4 X 4 microstrip planar arrayantenna is assumed to simulate a 4 X 4 Butler matrix to demonstrate orthogonal beam forming andbeam steering. The dimensions of rectangular patches in the planar array are chosen according to theDolph-Chebyshev current distribution in order to minimize the side-lobe level ratio for a givenvalue of beamwidth. The simulations are carried out using an antenna design and analysis softwarePCAAD. It is shown that orthogonal beams can be formed to cover about 163° angle with a constantbeam crossover level and high directivity.
