Computational Methods for Antenna Pattern Synthesis

Abstract

Some general numerical methods for antenna pattern synthesis, with and without constraints, are developed in this report. Particular cases considered are (1) field pattern specified in amplitude and phase, (2) field pattern specified in amplitude only, (3) these two cases with a constraint on the source quality factor. Both the source and the field are discretized at the beginning, and the methods of finite dimensional vector spaces are used for the computations. The theory is general, but is applied only to point sources arbitrarily distributed in a plane, and to pattern synthesis in this plane. Some numerical examples are given for ten sources approximately equispaced on one- half of an ellipse, with the desired field pattern chosen to be the cosecant phi pattern in the first quadrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768969

Entities

People

  • Joseph R. Mautz
  • Roger F. Harrington

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Arrays
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Eigenvectors
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • New York
  • Optimization
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Radio Engineering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Vector Spaces

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space