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What happens to the pattern if the aperture distribution is a rectangular function?

  • A.The pattern is a Gaussian shape with no side lobes at all
  • B.The pattern is uniform over all angles within the visible region
  • C.The pattern splits into two symmetric lobes about the array axis
  • D.The pattern is a sinc function with minus 13 dB side lobes

Answer: D

The transform of a rectangle is a sinc, so a uniformly excited aperture gives the familiar narrow main lobe with side lobes 13.2 decibels down. A Gaussian distribution would give a Gaussian pattern with no side lobes but is not physically realisable in finite length. Uniform radiation over all angles would need a point source, and lobe splitting requires antiphase regions in the aperture. The transform pair is worth remembering because it is the reference case for every taper.

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