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SIW Pillbox Antenna for Monopulse Radar Applications.
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation . Sep2015, Vol. 63 Issue 9, p3918-3927. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- A multibeam pillbox antenna system incorporating monopulse phase comparison technique is proposed in the 24-GHz band. This low-profile antenna architecture combines the scanning capabilities of pillbox configurations and enhanced resolution of two-quadrant monopulse technique; this approach avoids mechanical orientation of the antenna system for tracking applications. The radiating panel consists of two subarrays of 23 slotted waveguides, with 8 slots per waveguide. The beam is scanned in E-plane over a field of view of \pm \bf 40^\circ , and sum/difference patterns are generated in H-plane. Around the design frequency, \bf f = \bf 24.\bf 15\,\bf GHz, the antenna gain varies between 25 and 21.5 dBi for the central and extreme beams, respectively. The measured null depth is better than - \bf 16\;\textdB for all difference beam patterns. The antenna bandwidth for \bf VSWR < \bf 2 (\textbfS\textbf{ii} < - {\bf 10}\;\textbf{dB}) and isolation better than \bf 10\;\bf dB (\textbfS\textbf{ij} < - {\bf 10}\,\textbf{dB}) is equal to 4.5%. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018926X
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 110834683
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2015.2446996