Title :
Feed System for Spherical Antenna Arrays with Amplitude Control
Author_Institution :
Institut fÿr Technische Elektronik der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany
Abstract :
A feed system for spherical antenna arrays is introduced. In order to reduce the side lobe level by using an amplitude taper the feed system is designed to steer the driving power to each antenna element. The components of the feed network are described and radiation patterns of the antenna system are presented.
Keywords :
Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Circuits; Control systems; Diodes; Phased arrays; Power dividers; Radar antennas; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1982. 12th European
Conference_Location :
Helsinki, Finland
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1982.333059