Analysis of sparsely sampled phased array antenna for advanced Doppler radar

Author

Mohd Isa, Farah Nadia ; Brennan, Paul V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

4-6 March 2014

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

92

Abstract

This paper documents the study of a sparsely sampled phased array antenna used for an avalanche radar in VDLS. The fully populated array of 144 elements (16 × 9) is analysed and some of the prominent result are tabulated in this paper findings. The thinning method is based on the previous knowledge of the iterative method compiled by the author. It is shown that with the right thinning of the antenna elements, the beampattern of the phased array antenna could be controlled to give the desired pattern to the designer.

Keywords

Doppler radar; antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; iterative methods; radar antennas; signal sampling; Doppler radar; VDLS; antenna elements; avalanche radar; beampattern; iterative method; sparsely sampled phased array antenna; thinning method; Antennas; Conferences; Decision support systems; fmcw radar; geophysical measurement; phased array; sparse sampling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology: "Small Antennas, Novel EM Structures and Materials, and Applications" (iWAT), 2014 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2014.6958604

Filename

6958604