Optimizing the radiation pattern of sparse periodic linear arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Lockwood, Geoffrey R ^a   Li, Pai Chi ^b   O'Donnell, Matthew ^c   Stuart Foster, F ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

GRATING LOBES; RANDOM ARRAYS; SPARSE PERIODIC LINEAR ARRAYS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0029777219     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.484457     Document Type: Article

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