Effects of measurement distance on measurements of symmetrically shaped patterns generated by line sources

Author

Bregains, Julio ; Ares, Francisco ; Moreno, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Volume

45

Issue

1

fYear

2003

fDate

2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

109

Abstract

Symmetrically shaped patterns, generated by real continuous linear apertures derived from Taylor distributions, resemble Taylor sum patterns in regard to the distance-dependence of their sidelobe heights. Their ripple shows negligible near-field degradation. If the aperture distribution is complex, however, the ripple and sidelobe levels show previously unreported degradation behavior, including a lowering of the first sidelobe level.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; linear antenna arrays; shaped beam antennas; Taylor distributions; Taylor sum patterns; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; degradation behavior; distance-dependence; first sidelobe level; line sources; linear arrays; measurement distance; real continuous linear apertures; ripple; shaped beam antennas; sidelobe heights; symmetrically shaped patterns; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Degradation; Directional antennas; H infinity control; Linear antenna arrays; Merging; Shape measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2003.1189654

Filename

1189654