• DocumentCode
    914044
  • Title

    Optimisation of array directivity by phase adjustments

  • Author

    Cheng, D.K. ; Raymond, P.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1971
  • Firstpage
    552
  • Lastpage
    554
  • Abstract
    A method is presented for the maximisation of the directivity of an antenna array by phase adjustments under the constraint of a uniform-amplitude excitation. It is a perturbation procedure which can be applied readily to both linear and circular arrays. Typical results are given.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; optimisation; radio; Hermitian forms; Lagrange multiplier methods; antenna arrays; directivity; iterative methods; matrix algebra; optimisation; perturbation procedure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19710373
  • Filename
    4235273