Title :
Management of deformable active antenna
Author :
Lesueur, G. ; Merlet, T. ; Queguiner, M. ; Granger, P. ; Renault, F. ; Gilles, H. ; Girard, S.
Author_Institution :
Thales Air Syst., Hameau de Roussigny, Limours, France
Abstract :
Radar systems on ground and naval basements require an improvement of flexibility to provide low cost solutions with better tactical deployment and to open new capacities for implementation. We propose to dynamically cope with distortions of radiating panels with an innovative method based on an accurate mechanical modelling under different load scenarii. In conjunction with either auto-calibration algorithms or instrumented technique, our method allows to recover high quality radiating patterns and to preserve radar system performances.
Keywords :
active antennas; antenna radiation patterns; radar antennas; active compensation; antenna radiating pattern; deformable active antenna; high quality radiating patterns; mechanical modelling; radar systems; Antenna measurements; Costs; Distortion measurement; Instruments; Mechanical sensors; Radar antennas; Radio frequency; Robust stability; Shape measurement; Vibrations; Active Compensation; Antenna Radiating Pattern; Distortion; Sensors; Vibration;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-55-7