Axisymmetric thinned digital beamforming array for reduced power consumption

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program product for controlling a programmable computing device, the computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of the programmable computing device, cause the processing circuitry to:

• determine a distribution of a plurality of antenna elements on an antenna platter according to a polygonal grid comprising a plurality of polygons arranged in polygonal pairs symmetrically about a center of the antenna platter;
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• distribute the plurality of antenna elements on the antenna platter, wherein to distribute the plurality of antenna elements, the software instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to, for each polygon in each polygon pair, arrange the plurality of antenna elements in symmetrical pairs about a center point of the polygon such that the antenna elements of each symmetrical pair are complex conjugates of one another;
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• thin the plurality of antenna elements such that a density of the plurality of antenna elements on the antenna platter varies as a function of distance from the center of the antenna platter.