Array Antenna Having A Radiation Pattern With A Controlled Envelope, And Method Of Manufacturing It
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing an array antenna comprising:
- a design phase, comprising synthesizing an array layout of said array antenna and choosing or designing radiating elements to be arranged according to said array layout; and
a phase of physically making said array antenna, comprising arranging said radiating elements according to said array layout;
wherein said design phase comprises the steps of;
a) synthesizing an array layout complying with a required minimum beamwidth, a required side lobe level and a target angular dependence of the maximum directivity of the array antenna over said required field of view;
b) determining shaped radiation patterns of said radiating elements in order to approximate said target angular dependence of the maximum directivity of the array antenna over said required field of view; and
c) choosing or designing radiating elements having the shaped radiation patterns determined at said step b).
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an array antenna having a design phase, including synthesizing an array layout of the array antenna and choosing or designing radiating elements to be arranged according to the array layout; and a phase of physically making the array antenna, including arranging the radiating elements according to the array layout; the design phase having the steps of: a) synthesizing an array layout complying with a required minimum beamwidth, a required field of view, a required side lobe level and a target angular dependence of the maximum directivity of the array antenna over the required field of view; b) determining shaped radiation patterns of the radiating elements in order to approximate said target angular dependence of the maximum directivity of the array antenna over the required field of view; and c) choosing or designing radiating elements having the shaped radiation patterns determined at step b).
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1. A method for manufacturing an array antenna comprising:
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a design phase, comprising synthesizing an array layout of said array antenna and choosing or designing radiating elements to be arranged according to said array layout; and a phase of physically making said array antenna, comprising arranging said radiating elements according to said array layout; wherein said design phase comprises the steps of; a) synthesizing an array layout complying with a required minimum beamwidth, a required side lobe level and a target angular dependence of the maximum directivity of the array antenna over said required field of view; b) determining shaped radiation patterns of said radiating elements in order to approximate said target angular dependence of the maximum directivity of the array antenna over said required field of view; and c) choosing or designing radiating elements having the shaped radiation patterns determined at said step b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An array antenna comprising a plurality of radiating elements (R) arranged according to an array layout, wherein said radiating elements have shaped radiation patterns whose weighted average is:
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either flat within 35% or less over a required field of view (FOV); or increasing from the center towards the edges of said required field of view; said nominal field of view having a width of at least 5 times a minimum beamwidth determined by said array layout. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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