Title :
Design and simulation of 8-way unequal amplitude equal phase RF feeder network using conventional microstrip technology for 430MHz Tropospheric wind profiling radar
Author :
Kishore, K. Venkata ; Rajesh, Galaba Sai ; Kumar, Vijay ; Srinivasulu, P. ; Kavya, K. C. Sri ; Kotamraju, Sarat K.
Author_Institution :
SENSE Dept., VIT Univ., Vellore, India
Abstract :
In this paper, the feasibility of an 8-way unequal amplitude equal phase power splitter using a conventional microstrip technology in the 430MHz UHF band is proposed for Tropospheric wind profiling radar. Feeder network with unequal amplitude is designed based on the side lobe level requirement -17db down from the main beam. The theoretical design and simulated results are presented to verify our proposed design. The main advantage of this present design is to reduce the complexity in Transmit-Receive module.
Keywords :
UHF circuits; geophysical techniques; microstrip circuits; radar transmitters; radiofrequency amplifiers; troposphere; wind; 8-way RF feeder network; 8-way power splitter feasibility; UHF band; conventional microstrip technology; equal phase RF feeder network; equal phase power splitter feasibility; frequency 430.00 MHz; radiofrequency feeder network; side lobe level requirement; side lobe level-based feeder network design; transmit-receive module complexity reduction; tropospheric wind profiling radar; ultra high frequency band; unequal amplitude RF feeder network; unequal amplitude feeder network design; unequal amplitude power splitter feasibility; Arrays; Educational institutions; Impedance; Microstrip; Power dividers; Radar; Wind; Characteristic impedance; Feeder network; UHF;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing And Communication Engineering Systems (SPACES), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guntur
DOI :
10.1109/SPACES.2015.7058253
