Title :
Antenna designer´s notebook-effects of a missing element on Taylor array patterns
Author_Institution :
Raythorn Equipment Dev. Labs, Wayland, MA
fDate :
12/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is well known that the sidelobe level of a tapered low-sidelobe array is degraded by a missing or failed element and that the effect is strongest (worst) when the outage (missing element) is at or near the center of the array. To illustrate this quantitatively, the effects of one missing center element in various tapered linear arrays is shown
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; Taylor array patterns; antenna array; missing element effects; sidelobe level; tapered linear arrays; tapered low-sidelobe array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Degradation; Equations; Linear antenna arrays; Productivity; Receiving antennas;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
