SYNTHESIS OF DOLPH-CHEBYSHEV LIKE PATTERNS FROM NON-UNIFORM, NON-LINEAR AND RANDOMIZED ARRAYS

A pattern-synthesis approach previously described by the author is used here to develop Dolph-Chebyshev-like patterns for some unconventional array geometries. The approach is briefly summarized and then demonstrated for various non-uniformly spaced arrays and non-linear geometries. Geometries discussed include a V-shaped array, and x-aligned arrays having non-uniform element spacing as well as having elements located off the x-axis in the x-y plane. Arrays having randomly located elements are also explored. The goal is to show that patterns having equipple sidelobes can be produced by a variety of array geometries.