On designing a supersynthesis antenna array

An analytical approach to the design of a super-synthesis antenna array is applied in this paper. It involves isolation and separate optimization of the influence of different parameters on the sampling of the spatial frequency components. The approach requires a detailed understanding of the geometry of tracking by an ensemble of baselines, but it gives a nearly optimum array design without much help from a computer. A feature of this design is that by simply doubling the array elements, the synthesized main beam area of the array is reduced 16 fold. Extensive computations have been used to demonstrate this extraordinary result.