Frequency Increments Optimization Based on IPSO to Extend Beam Dwell Time for Frequency Diverse Array

Abstract

Compared with traditional phased array radar, frequency diverse array (FDA) can form a range-dependent beampattern and overcome the shortcoming that the traditional phased array radar cannot effectively control the range direction of the transmit beam. Nonuniform linear frequency increments has been widely applied in FDA to promote the performance of FDA. However, few methods can effectively extend the beam dwell time. In this paper, we propose an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm (IPSO) that can adjust the frequency increment of every array element to extend the dwell time of the beam within a period of time. Numerical simulation results show that our method can outperform other existing methods, which implies that a more stable and flexible FDA communication system can be achieved for the proposed method.