Advanced architecture for a low cost Multifunction Phased Array Radar

Author

Herd, J. ; Duffy, S. ; Weber, M. ; Brigham, G. ; Weigand, C. ; Cursio, D.

Author_Institution

MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

23-28 May 2010

Firstpage

676

Lastpage

679

Abstract

MIT Lincoln Laboratory and M/A-COM are jointly conducting a technology demonstration of affordable Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) technology for Next Generation air traffic control and national weather surveillance services. Aggressive cost and performance goals have been established for the system. The array architecture and its realization using custom Transmit and Receive Integrated Circuits and a panel-based Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) will be presented. A program plan for risk reduction and system demonstration will be outlined.

Keywords

air traffic control; phased array radar; search radar; M/A-COM; MIT Lincoln Laboratory; air traffic control; multifunction phased array radar; national weather surveillance services; panel-based line replaceable unit; receive integrated circuits; risk reduction; system demonstration; transmit integrated circuits; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Costs; Integrated circuit technology; Meteorological radar; Particle beams; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radar scattering; Surveillance; Low Cost; Multifunction; Phased Array; Radar; T/R Module;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6056-4

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517661

Filename

5517661