Title :
Antenna pattern synthesis utilizing spherical Bessel functions
Author :
Hsien-Peng Chang ; Sarkar, T.K. ; Pereira-Filho, O.M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Syracuse Univ., NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Pattern synthesis of linear antennas utilizing the spherical Bessel functions is presented. This leads to antenna current distribution by the Legendre polynomials of the first kind, which are of finite support. Some examples are given to illustrate this procedure.
Keywords :
Antenna radiation patterns; Bessel functions; Current distribution; Fourier transforms; Inverse problems; Legendre polynomials; Linear antennas; antenna current distribution by; antenna pattern synthesis; far-field pattern; first kind Legendre polynomials; inverse fourier transform; linear antennas; spherical Bessel functions; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Current distribution; Fourier series; Fourier transforms; Lattices; Linear programming; Pattern matching; Polynomials;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
