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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 10, October 1999

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Genetic Algorithms and Method of Moments (GA/MOM) for the Design of Integrated Antennas

J. Michael Johnson, Member, IEEE, and Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Fellow, IEEE

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Abstract:

This paper introduces a novel technique for efficiently combining genetic algorithms (GA's) with method of moments (MoM) for integrated antenna design and explores a two example applications of the GA/MoM approach. Integral to efficient GA/MoM integration is the use of direct Z-matrix manipulation (DMM). In DMM a "mother" structure is selected and its corresponding impedance or Z-matrix is filled only once prior to beginning the GA optimization process. The GA optimizer then optimizes the design by creating substructures of the mother structure as represented by the corresponding subsets of the original mother Z-matrix. Application of DMM with GA/MoM significantly reduces the total optimization time by eliminating multiple Z-matrix fill operations. DMM also facilitates the use of matrix partitioning and presolving to further reduce the optimization time in many practical cases. The design of a broad-band patch antenna with greater than 20% bandwidth and a dual-band patch antenna are presented as examples of the utility of GA/MoM with DMM. Measured results for the dual-band antenna are compared to numerical results. Excellent agreement between numerical and measured results is observed.

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