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. Topics covered are the THAAD (formerly GBR), European COBRA and Israel BMD radar antennas, Dutch shipboard APAR, airborne USA F-22, European AMSAR, Swedish AESA, Japan FSX and Israel Phalcon, Iridium (66 satellites in orbit for total of 198 antennas) and Globalstar MMIC spaceborne antenna systems, Thomson-CSF wafer integration 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, electronics countermeasures (ECM) and ESM, and continuous transverse stub (CTS) voltage-variable dielectric (VVD) antenna
Keywords :
active antenna arrays; aircraft antennas; antenna phased arrays; aperture antennas; array signal processing; bipolar MMIC; electronic countermeasures; microwave antenna arrays; phased array radar; radar antennas; satellite antennas; scanning antennas; ships; technological forecasting; AESA; AMSAR; ASAP antenna; BMD; C-band; COBRA; CTS antenna; ECM; ESM; F-22; FSX; GBR; Globalstar; Iridium; Ku-band; MMIC phased arrays; Phalcon; THAAD; Thomson-CSF; VVD antenna; active bipolar arrays; advanced shared aperture program; airborne antenna; continuous transverse stub; digital beamforming; electronics countermeasures; ferroelectric row-column scanning; future trends; monolithic microwave integrated circuitry; optical electronic scanning; passive arrays; radar antennas; satellite antennas; seeker antenna; shipboard APAR; spaceborne antenna; voltage-variable dielectric antenna; wafer integration; Airborne radar; Aperture antennas; Electronic countermeasures; Laser radar; MMICs; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar countermeasures; Satellite antennas; Spaceborne radar;
