Thinning and Weighting of Planar/Conformal Arrays Considering Mutual Coupling Effects

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Patch subarrays and their corresponding AEPs. (a) Top view of a thinned linear patch array, (b) subarrays used to extract the AEPs of elements A and B, where a dotted rectangle denotes a position without element and a black rectangle denotes a position with element, and (c) AEPs of elements A and B.

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