Title :
Advanced antenna concepts and experimental setups for DOA and tracking at Fraunhofer FHR
Author :
Ender, Joachim ; Knott, P. ; Brenner, Andreas ; Klare, Jens ; Vaupel, T. ; Worms, J. ; Wilden, Helmut
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Inst. for High Freq. Phys. & Radar Tech. FHR, Wachtberg, Germany
Abstract :
The Fraunhofer-Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR investigates novel antenna technology and signal processing in particular for radar applications. In this paper we will address selected examples reaching from single antennas (multi-arm spiral antenna) over conformal vibration controlled arrays to wideband arrays for electronic support measures up to airborne multi channel phased arrays for SAR/MTI and future concepts for positioning and tracking of air-targets using netted passive coherent radars.
Keywords :
airborne radar; antenna phased arrays; conformal antennas; direction-of-arrival estimation; passive radar; radar tracking; spiral antennas; synthetic aperture radar; DOA; FHR; Fraunhofer-Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques; MTI; SAR; air-targets; airborne multichannel phased arrays; antenna technology; conformal vibration controlled arrays; electronic support measures; multiarm spiral antenna; netted passive coherent radars; radar applications; signal processing; single antennas; wideband arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Array signal processing; Broadband antennas; Radar antennas; Radar tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2014 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palm Beach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5690-9
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2014.6905539
