Research on Pattern Synthesis of Time Modulated Sparse Array Based on Discrete Variable Convex Optimization

Table 1

The explanation of some symbols in this paper.

Name of symbols	Explanation of symbols
	The function of time sequence switch
	The period of time sequence switch
	The switch-ON time instant of time sequence switch
	The switch-ON duration time of time sequence switch
	The number of zero elements in a matrix
	Optimal sparse control coefficient
	Contrast parameter, the threshold to judge whether an element can be approximated to zero
	The ratio of the number of working array elements to the total number of arrays