• DocumentCode
    1446370
  • Title

    A new limit on inter-element spacing for a linear array

  • Author

    Ng, Boon Poh ; Meng Hwa Er ; Kot, Alex Chi Chung

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    This paper examines the issue of extending the aperture length of an equally-spaced linear array with a spacing beyond a half wavelength. Some empirical expressions are proposed to determine the array-aperture length and the array beamwidth, for both broadside and scanned arrays
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; linear antenna arrays; scanning antennas; aperture length; beamwidth; broadside arrays; empirical expressions; equally-spaced linear array; half wavelength; inter-element spacing limit; linear array; radiation patterns; scanned arrays; Algebra; Antenna arrays; Azimuth; Equations; H infinity control; Kirchhoff´s Law; Phased arrays; Polynomials; Propagation losses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/74.730534
  • Filename
    730534