radiation pattern
Noun
Meaning
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
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A few have backings that limit the dipole radiation pattern.
A phased array may be used to point a fixed radiation pattern, or to scan rapidly in azimuth or elevation.
So a monopole mounted over an ideal ground plane has a radiation pattern identical to a dipole antenna.
Instead, the radiation pattern of the antenna is determined by a single simulation, and the receiving pattern inferred by reciprocity.
It is used as a geometrical technique in calculating the radiation pattern of the antenna.
Power density is most accurately used when the point of measurement is far enough away from the RF emitter to be located in what is referred to as the far field zone of the radiation pattern.