Computer aided design of conformal phased array element

Author

Chung, H.H. ; Francian, R.S. ; Peng, S.Y.

Author_Institution

Teledyne Ryan Electron., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1320

Abstract

The authors present a concept for designing phased array elements. By measuring the S-parameters of the antenna array with modern measurement equipment (e.g., HP 8510 network analyzer) and applying Kirchhoff´s circuit relationships, one can compute the active scanning input impedance quite accurately. On the basis of the concepts presented, computer-aided design (CAD) programs were developed and successfully used to design the printed crossed-slot elements for mobile satellite communications and the broadband reduced-size log-periodic monopole array for airborne wing conformal phased-array applications.<>

Keywords

CAD; antenna phased arrays; telecommunications computing; CAD; S-parameters; active scanning input impedance; airborne applications; antenna array; computer-aided design; conformal phased array element; log-periodic monopole array; mobile satellite communications; printed crossed-slot elements; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Circuit analysis computing; Computer networks; Design automation; Impedance measurement; Mobile computing; Phased arrays; Satellite communication; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1989. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1989.134955

Filename

134955