• DocumentCode
    277272
  • Title

    Modelling high power planar beamformers for phased arrays

  • Author

    Whitehurst, J. ; Holloway, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Siemens Plessey Radar, Cowes, UK
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    33718
  • Firstpage
    42430
  • Lastpage
    42433
  • Abstract
    The design and manufacture of high power planar beamforming networks employing thick machined copper or aluminium stripline supported on discrete supports have historically been difficult, and it was not unusual to encounter several hardware design iterations before design specifications were met. This paper describes some aspects of development work to improve the design and manufacturability of these beamformers
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; antenna phased arrays; finite element analysis; microwave antenna arrays; strip line components; de-embedded S-parameter extraction; design; discontinuity modelling; finite element analysis; high power planar beamformers; manufacturability; phased arrays; stripline;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Active and Passive Components for Phased Array Systems, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    168274