Beam Area or Beam Solid angle It is integral of the normalized power pattern over a square

(4 sr )

pn ( , ) Sin d d

A0
pn ( , ) d Where d Sin d d sr
4

A
The Beam area

is the solid angle through which all of the power radiated by the antenna
A
P ( , )
would stream if
maintained the maximum value over
and was zero elsewhere.
P ( , )Watts

The power radiated

.
The beam area of an antenna can be described approximately in terms of the angle subtended by
the half-power points of the main lobe in two principal planes.

Hp HP
Beam area