Side lobe
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6 sectionsContents
- Sidelobes for case of uniformly-illuminated aperture
- Rectangular apertures
- Circular apertures
- Grating lobes
- References
- External links
thumb|A typical directional antenna radiation pattern in [[polar coordinate system representation, showing sidelobes. The radial distance from the center represents signal strength.]] thumb|250px|A typical antenna radiation pattern in cartesian coordinate system representation showing sidelobes
In antenna engineering, sidelobes are the lobes (local maxima) of the far field radiation pattern of an antenna or other radiation source, that are not the main lobe.