Comments on "Two dimensional beamforming with nonsinusoidal signals

Reference is made to a paper by N.J. Mohamed (ibid., vol.29, no.4, p.303-13, 1987). It is claimed that the analytical derivations given include a number of major errors that made it possible for Mohamed to arrive at the closed-form expressions for the antenna energy pattern given by certain equations. The commenting author presents his corrections for Mohamed's errors and comments on some of Mohamed's stated conclusions. >

[1]  N. Mohamed Two-Dimensional Beamforming with Nonsinusoidal Signals , 1987, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.

[2]  M. Hussain A Self-Steering Two-Dimensional Planar Array for Nonsinusoidal Waves , 1986, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.

[3]  H. Harmuth Synthetic-Aperture Radar Based on Nonsinusoidal Functions: X-Array Gain, Planar Arrays, Multiple Signals , 1981, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.

[4]  M. Hussain Three-Dimensional Antenna Patterns for Nonsinusoidal Waves , 1986, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.