Unequally-spaced multiple-beam synthesis for bifunctional radar

Author

Valle, P. ; Naldi, M. ; Bardati, F.

Author_Institution

Rome Univ., Italy

fYear

1996

fDate

15-18 Oct 1996

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

176

Abstract

The synthesis of a linear array of point-source antennas radiating a multiplicity of beams has been considered when radiator positions are additional design parameters (i.e., besides amplitudes and phases). The interest of the method lies in the reduction of the number of the elements with respect to an equispaced synthesis, that can be achieved without deterioration of the patterns. We propose an application, showing the practicability of the method, to the design of an array for bifunctional (air traffic control+weather) radar

Keywords

air traffic control; antenna radiation patterns; linear antenna arrays; meteorological radar; multibeam antennas; radar antennas; radar applications; air traffic control; bifunctional radar; design parameters; equispaced synthesis; linear array; multiplicity of beams; point-source antennas; radiator positions; unequally-spaced multiple-beam synthesis; weather; Air traffic control; Antenna radiation patterns; Design methodology; Linear antenna arrays; Meteorological radar; Optimization methods; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar clutter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Phased Array Systems and Technology, 1996., IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3232-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAST.1996.566078

Filename

566078