Title :
Phased arrays for the new millennium
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Syst. Co., Sudbury, MA, USA
Abstract :
This is a survey paper summarizing the recent developments and future trends in passive, active bipolar and Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuitry (MMIC) phased arrays for ground, ship, air and space applications. We cover the THAAD (formerly GBR), European COBRA and Israel BMD radar antennas; Dutch shipboard APAR; airborne US F-22 European AMSAR, Swedish AEDA, japan FSX and Israel Phalcon; Iridium (66 satellites in orbit for total of 198 antennas) and Globalstar MMIC spaceborne antenna systems; Thomson-CSF 4 inch MMIC wafer 94 GHz seeker antenna; digital beamforming; ferroelectric row-column scanning; optical electronic scanning for communications and radar; the MMIC C-band to Ku-band Advanced Shared Aperture Program (ASAP) antenna system for communications, radar, electronic countermeasures (ECM) and ESM; and continuous transverse stub (CTS) voltge-variable dielectric (VVD) antenna
Keywords :
MMIC; active antenna arrays; airborne radar; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; electronic countermeasures; marine radar; microwave antenna arrays; military radar; phased array radar; radar antennas; search radar; spaceborne radar; AESA; AMSAR; ASAP antenna; Advanced Shared Aperture Program; BMD; C-band; COBRA; CTS; ECM; ESM; FSX; Globalstar; Iridium; Ku-band; MMIC; Phalcon; THAAD; Thomson-CSF; VVD antenna; active phased arrays; airborne F-22; bipolar phased arrays; continuous transverse stub; digital beamforming; electronic countermeasures; ferroelectric row-column scanning; monolithic microwave integrated circuitry; optical electronic scanning; passive phased arrays; radar antennas; seeker antenna; shipboard APAR; spaceborne antenna; voltage-variable dielectric antenna; Airborne radar; Aperture antennas; Electronic countermeasures; Laser radar; MMICs; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar countermeasures; Satellite antennas; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar, 2001 CIE International Conference on, Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7000-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICR.2001.984619
