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getTaper

System object: phased.HeterogeneousULA
Package: phased

Array element tapers

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Syntax

wts = getTaper(array)

Description

wts = getTaper(array) returns the tapers, wts, applied to each element of the phased heterogeneous uniform line array (ULA), h. Tapers are often referred to as weights.

Input Arguments

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Heterogeneous uniform line array, specified as a phased.HeterogeneousULA System object.

Output Arguments

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Array element tapers returned as an N-by-1 complex-valued vector, where N is the number of elements in the array.

Examples

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Construct a 5-element heterogeneous ULA with a Taylor window taper. The array consists of short-dipole antenna elements with different orientations.Then, obtain the element taper values.

antenna1 = phased.ShortDipoleAntennaElement('FrequencyRange',[100e6 1e9], ...
    'AxisDirection','Z');
antenna2 = phased.ShortDipoleAntennaElement('FrequencyRange',[100e6 1e9], ...
    'AxisDirection','Y');
array = phased.HeterogeneousULA('ElementSet',{antenna1,antenna2}, ...
    'ElementIndices',[1 2 2 2 1],'Taper',taylorwin(5)');
w = getTaper(array)
w = 5×1

    0.5181
    1.2029
    1.5581
    1.2029
    0.5181