Physics – Computational Physics
Scientific paper
2007-02-23
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION, VOL. 54, NO. 10, OCTOBER 2006
Physics
Computational Physics
Scientific paper
A new particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique for electromagnetic applications is proposed. The method is based on quantum mechanics rather than the Newtonian rules assumed in all previous versions of PSO, which we refer to as classical PSO. A general procedure is suggested to derive many different versions of the quantum PSO algorithm (QPSO). The QPSO is applied first to linear array antenna synthesis, which is one of the standard problems used by antenna engineers. The performance of the QPSO is compared against an improved version of the classical PSO. The new algorithm outperforms the classical one most of the time in convergence speed and achieves better levels for the cost function. As another application, the algorithm is used to find a set of infinitesimal dipoles that produces the same near and far fields of a circular dielectric resonator antenna (DRA). In addition, the QPSO method is employed to find an equivalent circuit model for the DRA that can be used to predict some interesting parameters like the Q-factor. The QPSO contains only one control parameter that can be tuned easily by trial and error or by suggested simple linear variation. Based on our understanding of the physical background of the method, various explanations of the theoretical aspects of the algorithm are presented.
Kishk Ahmed A.
Mikki Said
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