Antenna array design by the orthogonal method in conjunction with element patterns

A technique that compensates the excitation of an array with the mutual coupling between the elements is presented. The cou- pling is expressed in a matrix form. The rows of the matrix are defined with the help of the orthogonal method. The technique has been applied to linear arrays with parallel and identical elements and seems to be suitable for beam-forming of antenna arrays even with small in- terelement distances. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 1578 -1583, 2006; Published online in Wiley Inter- Science (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21723