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getTaper

System object: phased.URA
Package: phased

Array element tapers

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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

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Uniform rectangular array specified as aphased.URA 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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Open Live Script

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)