• DocumentCode
    1001445
  • Title

    Beamwidth of phased arrays

  • Author

    Plotkin, Morris

  • Author_Institution
    Analytic Inc., Jenkintown, PA, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    9/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    695
  • Lastpage
    697
  • Abstract
    A formula is developed for estimating the far-field beamwidth of an arbitrary narrow-beam phased array of identical isotropic elements at a single frequency. Equations are developed for the effects of errors in the estimated positions of the array elements.
  • Keywords
    Nonuniformly spaced arrays; Phased arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Electrooptic effects; Equations; Frequency estimation; Geometry; Linear antenna arrays; Phase estimation; Phased arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1973.1140564
  • Filename
    1140564