On the optimum illumination of arrays
Abstract
A linear transformation (coordinate transformation) technique is proposed for optimizing receiving arrays. The technique is applied to the analysis of an array of N identical lossless elements, assuming that the elements are uniformly oriented, but arbitrarily arranged in space.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- July 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1975.1141102
- Bibcode:
- 1975ITAP...23..589K
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Arrays;
- Directional Antennas;
- Optimization;
- Radio Reception;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Antenna Design;
- Coordinate Transformations;
- Linear Transformations;
- Schwartz Inequality;
- Communications and Radar