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
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