Research Article

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

Table 1

Types of subarrays and their AEP numbers.

Type of subarraysAEP
number
EdgeAdjacent edgeInterior

1 × 41 × 61 × 780
1 × 31 × 41 × 524
1 × 21 × 31 × 38
>0.8Mutual coupling effects can be ignored.