GTAYLORWIN

Purpose:

Generates a Taylor Window.

Syntax:

GTAYLORWIN(N, spacing, nbar, attn)

N	-	An integer, the number of points to generate.
spacing	-	A real, the spacing (delta x) between points.
nbar	-	Optional. An integer, the number of approximate constant level sidelobes adjacent to the mainlobe. Defaults to 4.
attn	-	Optional. A real, the sidelobe attenuation from the mainlobe in dB. Defaults to -30.

Returns:

A series.

Example:

gtaylorwin(100,.01)

Creates a 100-point Taylor window with points spaced at an interval of 0.01. The number of approximately constant level sidelobes is 4 and the sidelobe attenuation is -30 dB.

Example:

gtaylorwin(100, .01, 5, -35)

Creates a 100-point Taylor window with points spaced at an interval of 0.01. The number of approximately constant level sidelobes is 5 and the sidelobe attenuation is -35 dB.

Remarks:

Taylor windows are similar to Dolph-Chebyshev windows. The Taylor window approximates the minimization of the main lobe width in the Dolph-Chebyshev window, but allows the sidelobe levels to decrease beyond a certain frequency.

Because the Taylor distribution avoids edge discontinuities, the window sidelobes decrease monotonically.

The Taylor window coefficients are not normalized.

Taylor windows are typically used in radar applications, such as weighting synthetic aperture radar images, circular array antennas and antenna design.

Use TAYLORWIN to automatically create and multiply a Taylor window with a series. For example:

taylorwin(w2)

multiplies Window 2 with a Taylor window calculated to the same length and spacing as the series in W2.

See GCHEBWIN to generate a Dolph-Chebyshev window.

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