Thinned aperiodic antenna arrays with improved peak sidelobe level control

摘要

The present invention relates to thinned linear, planar and three- dimensional phased antenna array configurations which have the antenna or sensor elements positioned in a pseudorandom manner as prescribed by the equation based on difference sets. The present antenna array permit thinning factors well below one-half while retaining the sidelobe level characteristics of arrays with much higher thinning factors.