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Arrays: Linear, Planar,
and Circular
By: John Kevin A. Toral
Course Outline
I) Introduction
A) Elements of Antenna
B) Gain or directivity of Antenna
II) Types of Array
A) Linear
1) 2-Element Array
2) N-element Linear Array with Uniform Amplitude and Spacing
B) Circular
C) Planar
Introduction
 Antenna composes of elements
 These elements has low values of directivity
 In application, antennas are required to have
very high gains.
How to achieve greater gains
 Increase the electrical size of the antenna
 Enlarging the dimensions of single elements
 The most efficient is to use an array.
What is an array?
 An antenna array is a set of 2 or more
antennas. The signals from the antennas are
combined or processed in order to achieve
improved performance over that of a single
antenna.
-antenna theory
Tasks of Antenna Array
 Increase the overall gain
 Provide diversity reception
 Cancel out interference from a particular set
of direction
 Determine the direction of arrival of the
incoming signals
 To maximize the Signal to Interference Plus
Noise Ratio(SINR)
Types of Array
Linear Arrays
 Antenna elements arranged along a straight
line.
 Elements of the array are uniformly-spaced.
Classifications of Linear Array
 2-Element Array
 N-element Linear Array with Uniform
Amplitude and Spacing
2-Element Array
 The array elements are identical
 They are oriented in the same way is space
(identical polarization)
 Their excitation is of the same amplitude
N-element Linear Array with Uniform
Amplitude and Spacing
 An array of identical elements with identical
magnitudes and with a progressive phase is
called a uniform array.
Circular Array
 antenna elements arranged around a circular
ring.
 Applications are radio direction finding, air
and space navigation, underground
propagation, radar, sonar.
 Unlike linear arrays, circular arrays can provide a 2D
angular scan, both horizontal φ and vertical θ scans.
 Unlike 2D planar arrays, circular arrays are basically 1D
linear arrays but in a circular form.
 Unlike linear arrays, a circular array can scan
horizontally for 360° with no distortions near the end-
fire directions.
Planar arrays
 Planar arrays are more versatile
 Antenna elements arranged over
some planar surface (example
- rectangular array).
 provide more symmetrical patterns
with lower side lobes
 much higher directivity (narrow main beam).
 Applications – tracking radars, remote sensing,
and communications.

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Array Antennas

  • 1. Arrays: Linear, Planar, and Circular By: John Kevin A. Toral
  • 2. Course Outline I) Introduction A) Elements of Antenna B) Gain or directivity of Antenna II) Types of Array A) Linear 1) 2-Element Array 2) N-element Linear Array with Uniform Amplitude and Spacing B) Circular C) Planar
  • 3. Introduction  Antenna composes of elements  These elements has low values of directivity  In application, antennas are required to have very high gains.
  • 4. How to achieve greater gains  Increase the electrical size of the antenna  Enlarging the dimensions of single elements  The most efficient is to use an array.
  • 5. What is an array?  An antenna array is a set of 2 or more antennas. The signals from the antennas are combined or processed in order to achieve improved performance over that of a single antenna. -antenna theory
  • 6. Tasks of Antenna Array  Increase the overall gain  Provide diversity reception  Cancel out interference from a particular set of direction  Determine the direction of arrival of the incoming signals  To maximize the Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio(SINR)
  • 8. Linear Arrays  Antenna elements arranged along a straight line.  Elements of the array are uniformly-spaced.
  • 9. Classifications of Linear Array  2-Element Array  N-element Linear Array with Uniform Amplitude and Spacing
  • 11.  The array elements are identical  They are oriented in the same way is space (identical polarization)  Their excitation is of the same amplitude
  • 12. N-element Linear Array with Uniform Amplitude and Spacing  An array of identical elements with identical magnitudes and with a progressive phase is called a uniform array.
  • 13.
  • 14. Circular Array  antenna elements arranged around a circular ring.  Applications are radio direction finding, air and space navigation, underground propagation, radar, sonar.
  • 15.
  • 16.  Unlike linear arrays, circular arrays can provide a 2D angular scan, both horizontal φ and vertical θ scans.  Unlike 2D planar arrays, circular arrays are basically 1D linear arrays but in a circular form.  Unlike linear arrays, a circular array can scan horizontally for 360° with no distortions near the end- fire directions.
  • 17. Planar arrays  Planar arrays are more versatile  Antenna elements arranged over some planar surface (example - rectangular array).  provide more symmetrical patterns with lower side lobes  much higher directivity (narrow main beam).  Applications – tracking radars, remote sensing, and communications.