Optimized element spacing for low sidelobe concentric ring arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 266-268

  Haupt, Randy L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Circular arrays; Nonuniformly spaced arrays; Sparse array antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZATION;

CIRCULAR ARRAYS; CONCENTRIC RING ARRAYS; NONUNIFORMLY SPACED ARRAYS; SIDELOBE LEVEL; SPARSE ARRAY ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 39449107996     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.913176     Document Type: Article

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