DESIGN OF DIPOLE ARRAYS FOR THE GENERATION OF MULTIPLE BEAMS

A Dipole is a basic linear bi directional antenna available in different multiple of wave lengths like multiple of λ, λ/2 and λ/4 etc, Dipoles are very popularly used in variety of applications in wireless communications systems. The works on the antennas for the generation of multiple beams are limited as reported in the literature. In view of this, in the present paper, desired numbers of multiple beams are generated from the arrays of dipole radiators and are compared with the elements isotropic arrays. Taylor’s amplitude distribution is modified and is used for this paper. The design is carried out for arrays of 20, 40 and 60 number of elements. The data on the patterns are generated and are useful in wireless communication and Radar communication.