Table 3 Verification case studies.

From: On nature-inspired design optimization of antenna structures using variable-resolution EM models

 

Case study

Antenna I

Antenna II

Antenna III

Antenna IV

Substrate

εr = 3.5 h = 0.76 mm

εr = 3.2 h = 3.1 mm

εr = 3.5 h = 0.762 mm

εr = 4.3 h = 1.55 mm

Design parameters

x = [l1 l2 l3 w1 w2 w3]T

x = [L1 Ls Lu W W1 dL dW g ls1 ls2 wu]T

x = [l0 g a l1 l2 w1 o]T

x = [Lg L0 Ls Ws d dL ds dWs dW a b]T

Other parameters

l0 = 30, w0 = 3, s0 = 0.15, o = 5

b = 1, wf = 7.4, s = 0.5, w = 0.5, dL2 = L1, L = Ls + g + L1 + dL2

w0 = 2o + a wf = 1.7

W0 = 3.0

Operating bands

8-percent fractional bandwidth w.r.t. center frequencies 3.0 GHz and 5.5 GHz

80 MHz bandwidth centered at operating frequencies 3.5 GHz, 5.8 GHz, and 7.5 GHz

UWB frequency band from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz

UWB frequency band from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz

Parameter space

l = [15.0 3.0 0.35 0.2 1.8 0.5]T

u = [50.0 12.0 0.85 1.5 4.3 2.7]T

l = [10 17 5 45 8 15 9 0.2 4 20 2]T

u = [16 25 8 55 12 20 12 0.4 6 24 3]T

l = [10 10 5 5 2 0.1 0.2]T

u = [35 20 15 12 15 10 3]T

l = [5 5 5 0.2 0.2 5 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.2]T

u = [15 15 15 1.2 8 15 1.5 2.5 5 0.5 0.5]T