DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARTIALLY UNIFORM ARRAYS.
Abstract
Several methods for designing linear arrays of antennas are summarized. Techniques for treating both equally spaced and unequally spaced arrays are discussed, and it is shown that desirable array pattern characteristics can be designed for and realized without requiring undue complication of either the amplitude distribution or the spacing configuration. The resulting arrays are called partially uniform since considerable uniformity is provided with regard to both the excitation amplitudes and the interelement spacings in order to minimize the realization problems brought about by the adverse effects of mutual coupling. The methods presented here for equally spaced arrays apply to both broadside and endfire conditions and can be used to place pattern nulls in one or more specified directions. These methods have additional advantage in that an equivalence is established with equally spaced arrays allowing determination of the types of results that can be expected when unequal spacings are used as design parameters. Several experimental examples are given. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0667801
Entities
People
- Bradley J. Strait
Organizations
- Syracuse University