Airborne radome analysis using baseline interferometry

Author

Chepala, Anil ; Rao, G.V.R.K. ; Ghosh, A. ; Borkar, V.G.

fYear

2014

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

114

Abstract

Radome analysis using baseline interferometry (BLI) antenna system is explained in detail in this paper. BLI system uses the phase information obtained by different antennas positioned at specific distances to find the direction of arrival of the EM wave. The phase information from the antennas is processed using the BLI algorithm to obtain the direction of arrival. The presence of radome introduces insertion loss and phase deviation. These deviations depend on the material, shape and thickness of radome and the frequency of operation as well. The analysis is carried out at X-band. Measured and simulated results show good agreement. This analysis is useful for optimization of radome antenna combination for airborne applications. The simulation is carried out in CST MWS 2010. and the simulated data is further processed in MATLAB® R2009a.

Keywords

airborne radar; antenna radiation patterns; direction-of-arrival estimation; microwave antennas; radar antennas; radar interferometry; radomes; BLI antenna system; CST MWS 2010; EM wave direction of arrival; X-band; airborne radome analysis; baseline interferometry; insertion loss; phase deviation; radome antenna optimization; Azimuth; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Direction-of-arrival estimation; Directive antennas; Interferometry; Baseline Interferometry(BLI); Differential Phase Error(DPE); Direction of Arrival(DOA); Field of View(FOV); Passive Homing Head(PHH);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMaRC.2014.7038990

Filename

7038990