• DocumentCode
    2402309
  • Title

    Digital beam forming on transmit and receive with an AESA FMCW radar

  • Author

    Lievers, C.M. ; Rossum, W.L.van ; Maas, A.P.M. ; Huizing, A.G.

  • Author_Institution
    TNO Defence, Security and Safety, Oude Waalsdorperweg 63, 2597 AK The Hague, the Netherlands
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    10-12 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Lastpage
    50
  • Abstract
    This paper describes an active electronically scanned array (AESA) FMCW radar with eight transceivers. Each transceiver has its own Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) for signal generation which enables digital beam forming on transmit as well as on receive. The coherent operation of the eight transceivers and the capability to perform digital beam forming on transmit and receive is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Frequency; Linear antenna arrays; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Security; Synthesizers; Transceivers; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference, 2007. EuRAD 2007. European
  • Conference_Location
    Munich, Germany
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-87487-004-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EURAD.2007.4404933
  • Filename
    4404933