55. Implementation of a Dipole Constant Directivity Circular-Arc Array

AES Convention: 143 Paper Number:381
Publication Date: 2017-10-06

We briefly present the theory for a broadband constant-beamwidth transducer (CBT) formed by a conformal circular-arc array of dipole elements previously developed in seminal works. This technical report considers a dipole CBT prototype with cosine amplitude shading of the source distribution. We show that this leads to a readily-equalizable response from about 100 Hz to 10 kHz with a far-field radiation pattern that remains constant above the cutoff frequency determined by the beam-width and arc radius of the array, and below the critical frequency determined by discrete element spacing at which spatial aliasing effects occur. Furthermore, we show that the shape of the radiation pattern is the same as the shading function, and remains constant over a broad band of frequencies.

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Manke, Kurtis; Taylor, Richard; Paetkau, Mark; Keele, Jr., D. B. (Don); 2017; Implementation of a Dipole Constant Directivity Circular-Arc Array [PDF]; Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada; Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada; DBK Associates and Labs, Bloomington, IN, USA; Paper 381; Available from: https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19331