Title :
Secondary surveillance phased array radar (SSPAR)
Author :
Franz, J. ; Weber, Matthias ; Hatke, G. ; Wood, L.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We describe a secondary surveillance phased array radar (SSPAR) concept that is capable of 1 second update rates and in other ways meets or exceeds capabilities of current rotating secondary surveillance radars. The proposed SSPAR would consist of a modest number of channels, each consisting of a transmitter, a receiver, and an antenna that is omnidirectional in azimuth. Adaptive array processing techniques are required for operation in the presence of the multiple transponder signals that the omni antennas will receive.
Keywords :
omnidirectional antennas; phased array radar; radar receivers; radar transmitters; search radar; transponders; SSPAR; adaptive array processing techniques; multiple transponder signals; omnidirectional antenna; receiver; secondary surveillance phased array radar; transmitter; Aircraft; Arrays; Azimuth; Spaceborne radar; Surveillance; Transponders;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), 2014
Conference_Location :
Herndon, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4892-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICNSurv.2014.6820007
