DocumentCode
1835585
Title
The sensitivity of phased array antenna beam patterns to element phase and amplitude errors
Author
Lewis, Marlon
Author_Institution
Dept of Aerosp., Power & Sensors, Cranfield Univ. at RMCS, Shrivenham, UK
fYear
2005
fDate
8-8 March 2005
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
This paper gives a brief description of the theory of antenna radiation patterns and examines some extreme examples of phase and amplitude error. The illustrations suggest that phase accuracy is more significant than amplitude accuracy in terms of sidelobe levels.
Keywords
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; amplitude error; element phase error; phased array antenna beam pattern sensitivity; sidelobe levels;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Calibration of Active Phased Array Antennas, IEE Seminar on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic.2005.0698
Filename
5558618
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