• DocumentCode
    3211299
  • Title

    Energy management in multiple-beam phased array radars

  • Author

    Nelander, A. ; Strömberg, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Defence Res. Establ., Sweden
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    14-16 Oct 1997
  • Firstpage
    553
  • Lastpage
    557
  • Abstract
    We have described energy management in phased array radars that can vary the transmitted energy according to different tasks such as long range search and shorter range track updates and tracking. The idea is to adapt the transmitted energy on tracked targets depending on target range using parallel beams on both transmit and receive. Digital beamforming allows this type of adaptive multiple-beam radar tracking to reduce the tracking time load and to share the transmitted energy between tracked targets. Models, conditions and methods for energy management in multiple-beam phased array radars are investigated
  • Keywords
    radar tracking; adaptive multiple-beam radar tracking; digital beamforming; energy management; long range search; multiple-beam phased array radars; parallel beams; shorter range track updates; target range; tracked targets; tracking; tracking time load; transmitted energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar 97 (Conf. Publ. No. 449)
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-698-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:19971737
  • Filename
    629239