getTaper

System object: phased.URA
Namespace: phased

Array element tapers

Syntax

wts = getTaper(h)


Description

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

Input Arguments

h — Uniform rectangular array

phased.URA System object™

Uniform rectangular array specified as a phased.URA System object.

Output Arguments

wts — Array element tapers

N-by-1 complex-valued vector

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

Examples

Create Tapered URA

Construct a 5-by-2 element URA with a Taylor window taper along each column. Then, draw the array showing the element taper shading.

taper = taylorwin(5);
array = phased.URA([5,2],'Taper',[taper,taper]);
w = getTaper(array)

w = 10×1

    0.5181
    1.2029
    1.5581
    1.2029
    0.5181
    0.5181
    1.2029
    1.5581
    1.2029
    0.5181

viewArray(array,'ShowTaper',true)