Title :
Active-Scatterer Radar System
Author_Institution :
Applied Research Lab. Sylvania Electronic Syst. Waltham, Mass. 02154
Abstract :
An amplitude-modulated active scatterer was used as a transponder in an elementary CW radar system. Some experiments at X-band are reported where the scatterer was an equiangular spiral antenna loaded by a biasmodulated tunnel diode.
Keywords :
Delay; Electromagnetic scattering; Phase locked loops; RF signals; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transmitters; Transponders;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1969.309988
