• DocumentCode
    1156215
  • Title

    Computation of gain, noise figure, and third-order intercept of active array antennas

  • Author

    Gatti, Roberto Vincenti ; Dionigi, Marco ; Sorrentino, Roberto

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Italy
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    3139
  • Lastpage
    3143
  • Abstract
    In this work a general formulation for the computation of gain, noise figure and third-order intercept of the parallel of a number of branches is presented. These formulas are particularly useful for the characterization of active weighted array antennas, thus for the design of the relevant beam-forming networks.
  • Keywords
    active antenna arrays; array signal processing; radar antennas; radar applications; radar signal processing; active array antenna; beam-forming network; gain computation; noise figure; radar application; third-order intercept; Antenna arrays; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Noise figure; Performance analysis; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; 65; Active arrays; beamforming; radar applications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2004.835275
  • Filename
    1353514