DocumentCode :
1000399
Title :
On the statistics of analytic antenna patterns
Author :
Miller, Stephen N.
Author_Institution :
Shaar Hagai, Haifa, Israel
Volume :
21
Issue :
2
fYear :
1973
fDate :
3/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
219
Lastpage :
224
Abstract :
The approximate log normal distribution of normalized power antenna patterns within the 
rad near-in region is presented for several families of illumination functions as an aid to system designers concerned with interacting radar type systems. The means agree well with experimental data on similar patterns, but the standard deviations are considerably greater. An empirical expression relating the first sidelobe level and antenna size to the 0.5 probability level has been extracted to aid system applications of the results. For 
coverage, a synthetic pattern is presented which gives a distribution close to the measured data.
rad near-in region is presented for several families of illumination functions as an aid to system designers concerned with interacting radar type systems. The means agree well with experimental data on similar patterns, but the standard deviations are considerably greater. An empirical expression relating the first sidelobe level and antenna size to the 0.5 probability level has been extracted to aid system applications of the results. For coverage, a synthetic pattern is presented which gives a distribution close to the measured data.Keywords :
Parabolic reflector antennas; Radar antennas; Reflector antennas, parabolic; Admittance; Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Lighting; Pattern analysis; Performance gain; Radar antennas; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-926X
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1973.1140462
Filename :
1140462
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