RF FEED ELEMENT DESIGN OPTIMIZATION USING SECONDARY PATTERN
First Claim
1. A method for designing an antenna system to comply with a plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics, the antenna system including an RF feed element and a reflector, the RF feed element characterized by a first geometric feature, and configured to exhibit a plurality of primary pattern characteristics, the method comprising:
- computing a plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values for the reflector, each partial secondary pattern characteristic being associated with an individual RF feed element mode;
storing the computed plurality of partial secondary pattern characteristics;
optimizing a value of at least a second, to-be-optimized, feature of the RF feed element, other than the selected first geometric feature, by executing, on a processor, at least two cycles of an optimization loop, the optimization loop comprising;
(i) determining a cost for a current value of the to-be-optimized feature, said cost resulting at least in part from a variance between a plurality of computed secondary pattern characteristics and the plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics; and
(ii) determining, when the cost is not greater than a specified value, that the second feature is sufficiently optimized, and, when the cost is greater than the specified value, adjusting the current value of the to-be-optimized feature and repeating steps (i) and (ii);
wherein the computed secondary pattern characteristics are computed by performing a linear superposition on the stored computed plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values, the linear superposition being performed using a set of complex modal coefficients of the RF feed element determined, for a selected number of radiating modes, taking into account the current value of the to-be-optimized feature.
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Abstract
An RF feed element for an antenna system required to comply with a set of specified secondary pattern characteristics is designed by performing a quantitative optimization of the RF feed element directly with respect to the secondary pattern characteristics. The quantitative optimization may include pre-computing a plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values. Each partial secondary pattern may be associated with an RF feed element modal beamlet. A value of at least one to-be-optimized feature is optimized by iteratively adjusting the value of the to-be-optimized feature(s) within an optimization loop that iteratively computes secondary pattern characteristics and compares them to the specified secondary pattern characteristics. The computed secondary pattern characteristics result from performing a linear superposition on the pre-computed partial secondary pattern complex field values, using complex modal coefficients of the RF feed element, determined taking into account current value(s) of the to-be-optimized feature(s).
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26 Claims
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1. A method for designing an antenna system to comply with a plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics, the antenna system including an RF feed element and a reflector, the RF feed element characterized by a first geometric feature, and configured to exhibit a plurality of primary pattern characteristics, the method comprising:
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computing a plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values for the reflector, each partial secondary pattern characteristic being associated with an individual RF feed element mode; storing the computed plurality of partial secondary pattern characteristics; optimizing a value of at least a second, to-be-optimized, feature of the RF feed element, other than the selected first geometric feature, by executing, on a processor, at least two cycles of an optimization loop, the optimization loop comprising; (i) determining a cost for a current value of the to-be-optimized feature, said cost resulting at least in part from a variance between a plurality of computed secondary pattern characteristics and the plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics; and (ii) determining, when the cost is not greater than a specified value, that the second feature is sufficiently optimized, and, when the cost is greater than the specified value, adjusting the current value of the to-be-optimized feature and repeating steps (i) and (ii); wherein the computed secondary pattern characteristics are computed by performing a linear superposition on the stored computed plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values, the linear superposition being performed using a set of complex modal coefficients of the RF feed element determined, for a selected number of radiating modes, taking into account the current value of the to-be-optimized feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one other property comprises at least one of feed return loss, physical length, and another property of interest that depends on the to-be-optimized feature.
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22. An antenna system, comprising:
an RF feed element and a reflector, the RF feed element characterized by a first geometric feature, and configured to exhibit a plurality of primary pattern characteristics, wherein; the antenna system is required to comply with a plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics; and a design feature of the RF feed element results from performing a quantitative optimization directly with respect to the specified secondary pattern characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable medium wherein computer instructions are stored, the instructions operable to cause a computer to perform steps of a method for designing an antenna system to comply with a plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics, the antenna system including an RF feed element and a reflector, the RF feed element characterized by a first geometric feature, and configured to exhibit a plurality of primary pattern characteristics, the method comprising:
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computing a plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values for the reflector, each partial secondary pattern characteristic being associated with an individual RF feed element mode; storing the computed plurality of partial secondary pattern characteristics; optimizing a value of at least a second, to-be-optimized, feature of the RF feed element, other than the selected first geometric feature, by executing, on a processor, at least two cycles of an optimization loop, the optimization loop comprising; (i) determining a cost for a current value of the to-be-optimized feature, said cost resulting at least in part from a variance between a plurality of computed secondary pattern characteristics and the plurality of specified secondary pattern characteristics; and (ii) determining, when the cost is not greater than a specified value, that the second feature is sufficiently optimized, and, when the cost is greater than the specified value, adjusting the current value of the to-be-optimized feature and repeating steps (i) and (ii); wherein the computed secondary pattern characteristics are computed by performing a linear superposition on the stored computed plurality of partial secondary pattern complex field values, the linear superposition being performed using a set of complex modal coefficients of the RF feed element determined, for a selected number of radiating modes, taking into account the current value of the to-be-optimized feature.
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