Synthesis and optimization for arrays of nonparallel wire antennas by the orthogonal method
Abstract
The orthogonal method is presented for synthesis and optimization problems of arrays of straight nonparallel thin-wire antennas. First, by the moment method, the far-zone field and the performance indices of the array are represented by expressions useful for applying the orthogonal method. By a procedure similar to the Gram-Schmidt method, the far-zone field and the indices of the array are modified. The new expressions, by a suitable procedure, give helpful formulas for synthesis and optimization. Several examples for possible uses are included.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- November 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1978.1141957
- Bibcode:
- 1978ITAP...26..886S
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Arrays;
- Antenna Design;
- Electric Wire;
- Optimization;
- Orthogonal Functions;
- Antenna Feeds;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Electric Fields;
- Electric Potential;
- Linear Arrays;
- Communications and Radar