The impact of mutual coupling between neighboring radiators in an imaging array configuration in the presence of a dielectric super-layer is investigated. The super-layer generally aims at increasing the directivity of each element of the array. However, here it is shown that the directivity of the embedded element patterns are reduced by a high level of mutual coupling. Thus a trade off between directivity enhancement and close packing of the array elements must be found depending on the bandwidth and the pattern requirements.
Published in:
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:56
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: April 2008