Title :
Aerotransported radar antenna for oil spills monitoring antennas and propagation
Author :
Alves, A. M P S ; Duplat, D.N. ; de Oliveira, L.P. ; Hernández-Figueroa, H.E.
Author_Institution :
Microwave & Opt. Dept., Univ. of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
This work presents an antenna array design for monitoring oil spills on ocean surface operating within X-band. Its feed system comprises coupling slots and metallic coupling tuning ridges designed to individually control the signal amplitude of each antenna module and form the squared cosecant profile. The tuning ridges introduce two degrees of freedom to control the amplitude in each module. Phase is individually controlled by capacitive or inductive irises.
Keywords :
Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Control systems; Feeds; Monitoring; Oceans; Petroleum; Radar antennas; Sea surface; Signal design;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
