We review the key aspects of an optimisation algorithm when applied to challenging antenna design problems, and highlight the Multi-level Coordinate Search (MCS) global optimisation algorithm as an option in some scenarios. We present two comparisons which illustrate that MCS…
The European consortium led by HPS GmbH has won the prestigious 5 million € ESA contract “Large Deployable Reflector for Earth Observation”, (LEOB). The consortium was selected among several European competitors. The call was initiated by ESA in late 2018…
AP-S 2019 will take place in Atlanta, United States, on 7 to 12 July. Again this year, TICRA is offering travel grants of USD 1,000 each to 3 authors of accepted papers at AP-S 2019. The travel grants will be…
We are pleased to announce the release of TICRA Tools 19.0. With TICRA Tools 19.0 users will experience a significant improvement in the way they are working with TICRA’s antenna analysis and design software. TICRA Tools provides an easy workflow…
The combination of a higher-order Method of Moments formulation and the Multi-Level Fast Multipole Method constitutes the foundation of an efficient direct optimization of reflector antenna systems consisting of feed chains and electrically large reflectors. Through a numerical example it…
