Integer Linear Programming Roundoff Method for Arbitrary Planar Phased-Array Scanning

Yi Zhang, Houjun Sun*, Qing Huo Liu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, an approximate linear formula of the relationship between element errors and beam pointing errors in an arbitrary planar array is derived. Based on the formula, a phase feeding method is proposed. The proposed method, referred to as integer linear programming (ILP) roundoff, significantly reduces beam pointing errors by controlling the state of the digital phase shifters through ILP. Examples are given showing that a $10 \times 10$ element planar array with 5 bit digital phase shifters using this method can reduce beam pointing errors to less than 1% compared with other methods.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8630968
Pages (from-to)3040-3047
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume67
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2019

Keywords

  • Beam pointing error
  • digital phase shifter
  • integer linear programming (ILP)
  • phase feeding
  • phased array

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