A Clustered Equivalent-Source Method with Local Response Compression and Group-Symmetry Reduction for Antenna-Array Analysis
Abstract
Full-wave analysis of finite antenna arrays is computationally demanding because detailed element responses must be resolved and coupled across the entire array. To reduce this cost, this paper presents a clustered equivalent-source method that combines local response compression with group-symmetry reduction. Local responses are represented in compressed equivalent-surface bases or coordinates inherited from child clusters. Symmetry constraints associated with the cluster partition and excitation reduce the coupled system, while the corresponding group transformations recover the complete response in the retained coordinates. To assess overall efficiency, we evaluate the costs of local construction, propagation, global solution, and recovery. Numerical examples involving layered and finite annular patch arrays show close agreement between the computed and reference complex far fields and shorter complete-run times than those of the corresponding symmetry-reduced direct solvers. Among the three equivalent-source implementations for the layered array, the one with the smallest coupled system has the longest runtime because local construction and propagation dominate the cost. These findings highlight the need to consider local construction and coupling costs when assessing the benefit of reducing the global system dimension.
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BibTeX
@misc{zhao2026clustered,
title = {{A Clustered Equivalent-Source Method with Local Response Compression and Group-Symmetry Reduction for Antenna-Array Analysis}},
author = {Guoqing Zhao and Liang Li and Xing Li and Hao Kang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.00914},
eprint = {2611.00914},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.00914},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A Clustered Equivalent-Source Method with Local Response Compression and Group-Symmetry Reduction for Antenna-Array Analysis
AU - Guoqing Zhao
AU - Liang Li
AU - Xing Li
AU - Hao Kang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.00914
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.00914
AB - Full-wave analysis of finite antenna arrays is computationally demanding because detailed element responses must be resolved and coupled across the entire array. To reduce this cost, this paper presents a clustered equivalent-source method that combines local response compression with group-symmetry reduction. Local responses are represented in compressed equivalent-surface bases or coordinates inherited from child clusters. Symmetry constraints associated with the cluster partition and excitation reduce the coupled system, while the corresponding group transformations recover the complete response in the retained coordinates. To assess overall efficiency, we evaluate the costs of local construction, propagation, global solution, and recovery. Numerical examples involving layered and finite annular patch arrays show close agreement between the computed and reference complex far fields and shorter complete-run times than those of the corresponding symmetry-reduced direct solvers. Among the three equivalent-source implementations for the layered array, the one with the smallest coupled system has the longest runtime because local construction and propagation dominate the cost. These findings highlight the need to consider local construction and coupling costs when assessing the benefit of reducing the global system dimension.
ER -