Method for the positioning of electromagnetic sensors or transmitters in an array
US6056780A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q21/22
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for positioning plural electromagnetic sensors in an array including the steps of: (1) designating one of the two sensors of the plural sensors that are a greatest distance apart as a point of origin of a reference system, (2) encoding in genotype form, the coordinates of the sensors relative to the reference system, and (3) applying a genetic algorithm to the encoded genotypes to obtain a given phenotype associated with a desired pattern. The method can be applied to the optimization of antenna arrays, especially planar or linear arrays.
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