Abstract: A cylindrical array radiator that reduces the intensity of energy radiated n undesirable directions. The radiator is constructed so that vertical staves placed on the face of a cylinder are staggered in the vertical direction by a predetermined distance to cancel energy in the undesirable directions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 1977
Date of Patent:
September 9, 1980
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Inventors:
Richard L. Rolleigh, James G. Pruitt, Robert H. Stokes