DocumentCode
142865
Title
Secondary surveillance phased array radar (SSPAR)
Author
Franz, J. ; Weber, Matthias ; Hatke, G. ; Wood, L.
Author_Institution
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-10 April 2014
Abstract
We describe a secondary surveillance phased array radar (SSPAR) concept that is capable of 1 second update rates and in other ways meets or exceeds capabilities of current rotating secondary surveillance radars. The proposed SSPAR would consist of a modest number of channels, each consisting of a transmitter, a receiver, and an antenna that is omnidirectional in azimuth. Adaptive array processing techniques are required for operation in the presence of the multiple transponder signals that the omni antennas will receive.
Keywords
omnidirectional antennas; phased array radar; radar receivers; radar transmitters; search radar; transponders; SSPAR; adaptive array processing techniques; multiple transponder signals; omnidirectional antenna; receiver; secondary surveillance phased array radar; transmitter; Aircraft; Arrays; Azimuth; Spaceborne radar; Surveillance; Transponders;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), 2014
Conference_Location
Herndon, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-4892-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICNSurv.2014.6820007
Filename
6820007
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