Circular and Concentric Circular Antenna Array Synthesis Using Cat Swarm Optimization

This paper proposes an algorithm called cat swarm optimization (CSO) for the optimal design of non-uniform single-ring circular antenna array (CAA) and non-uniform three-ring concentric circular antenna array (CCAA). The algorithm is used to determine an optimum set of current excitation weights and antenna inter-element separations for CAA of 8, 10 and 12 elements and optimal current excitation weights for CCAA, respectively, which provide radiation pattern with maximum reduction of side lobe level (SLL). Two 3-ring CCAAs, one having the set of 4-, 6-, 8-, elements and the other having 8-, 10-, 12- elements, with and without centre element are considered. Simulation results show a considerable improvement of SLL and some restricted improvement of 3-dB beamwidth with respect to the corresponding uniform cases of both the types of antenna array and the corresponding results of some recent literature reported in this paper.