也是在这种约束条件下,Woodward在[敏感词]两篇论文中阐述伍德沃德—劳森抽样法的原理,这也成为了一种非常流行的用于任意波束赋形的天线方向图合成方法。1. P. M. Woodward, “A Method for Calculating the Field over a Plane Aperture Required to Produce a GivenPolar Diagram,” J. IEE, Vol. 93, pt. IIIA, pp. 1554–1558, 1946.2. P. M. Woodward and J. D. Lawson, “The Theoretical Precision with Which an Arbitrary Radiation-Pattern May be Obtained from a Source of a Finite Size,” J. IEE, Vol. 95, pt. III, No. 37, pp. 363–370, September 1948.如何理解这种方法呢,最简单的思想就是:对于一个直线阵而言,一组不同的幅相配置会产生不同的波束指向。利用如下所示的方向图的3dB波束宽度去填充想要的目标方向图,将所有组方向图对应的幅相激励进行叠加,得出最后每个单元最终应该分配的幅度和相位。