Separable transmit beampattern design for MIMO radars with planar colocated antennas

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar transmit beampattern design for one-dimensional arrays has been widely studied in literatures. In this paper, transmit beampattern design is considered for two-dimensional (2D) arrays. As the size of the array is increased, the computational complexity and time for pattern optimization are increased drastically. To overcome these problems, we introduced the conditions upon which the 2D beampattern design for uniform rectangular arrays (URA) can be achieved via the product of two perpendicular transmit beampatterns of uniform linear arrays (ULA). The transmit beampattern design is accomplished under special characteristics such as minimum integrated sidelobe level or special 3 dB beamwidth in azimuth and elevation with much lower computation time.