Research Article

Planar Thinned Arrays: Optimization and Subarray Based Adaptive Processing

Table 1

Comparison between thinned and filled arrays.

SchemeTaper

Circular thinned array ( )No tapering SLL = −24 dB
Circular filled array ( )No tapering SLL = −17 dB
Circular filled array ( )Tapering SLL = −24 dB
Rectangular thinned array ( )No tapering SLL = −23 dB
Rectangular filled array ( )No tapering SLL = −13 dB
Rectangular filled array ( )Tapering SLL = −23 dB