Title :
Design of cost effective antennas for instrumentation radars
Author_Institution :
Defence Peace Safety & Security, Council for Sci. & Ind. Res., Pretoria, South Africa
Abstract :
The cost of antennas for instrumentation radars are determined by the development cost. By re-use of the reflector system cost effective antennas can be designed. The factors governing the design of such antennas are described here.
Keywords :
design; radar antennas; reflector antennas; cost effective antennas; design; instrumentation radars; reflector system; Antenna feeds; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Reflector antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0404-7
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2012.6324975