Design of Weighting Functions Under Peak Amplitude and Effective Radiated Voltage Constraints

The problem of designing optimum weighting functions subject to peak amplitude and effective radiated voltage constraints occurs in the design of active phased arrays and in spectrum control of high-pulse-repetition frequency (PRF) pulsed Doppler transmitters. Algorithms for generating such weighting functions are developed using a least-squares technique. Numerical results are presented which show that these algorithms yield substantial performance improvement over textbook weighting functions in favorable circumstances.