DocumentCode
1296551
Title
Closed-form representation for directivity of nonuniformly spaced linear arrays with arbitrary element patterns
Author
Werner, D.H. ; Mulyantini, D. ; Werner, P.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Volume
35
Issue
25
fYear
1999
fDate
12/9/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2155
Lastpage
2157
Abstract
A closed-form expression involving lambda functions is derived for the directivity of nonuniformly spaced symmetrical linear arrays which is valid for a wide variety of commonly used antenna elements. It is shown that this general expression for directivity reduces to the well-known classical result for a uniformly excited broadside array of isotropic sources with elements spaced a half-wavelength apart
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; linear antenna arrays; antenna elements; arbitrary element patterns; closed-form representation; directivity; half-wavelength spacing; isotropic sources; lambda functions; nonuniformly spaced linear arrays; uniformly excited broadside array;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19991475
Filename
820268
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