DocumentCode
1271084
Title
Antenna designer´s notebook-effects of a missing element on Taylor array patterns
Author
Howell, J.M.
Author_Institution
Raythorn Equipment Dev. Labs, Wayland, MA
Volume
32
Issue
6
fYear
1990
fDate
12/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
33
Abstract
It is well known that the sidelobe level of a tapered low-sidelobe array is degraded by a missing or failed element and that the effect is strongest (worst) when the outage (missing element) is at or near the center of the array. To illustrate this quantitatively, the effects of one missing center element in various tapered linear arrays is shown
Keywords
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; Taylor array patterns; antenna array; missing element effects; sidelobe level; tapered linear arrays; tapered low-sidelobe array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Degradation; Equations; Linear antenna arrays; Productivity; Receiving antennas;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1045-9243
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/74.80610
Filename
80610
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