Development of a passive retrodirective Van Atta array reflector at X-band

Author

Yau, Kin Shing Bobby

Author_Institution

Electron. Warfare & Radar Div., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

398

Lastpage

402

Abstract

Retrodirective array reflectors have found many applications in the area of collision avoidance systems, satellite communications and enhancing RCS in general. This paper presents the development of a passive retrodirective Van Atta array reflector based on microstrip antenna operating at X-band. Theoretical analysis of the Van Atta array will be outlined, together with simulation results and RCS measurements of several passive Van Atta array prototypes. Future development in extending the bandwidth of the passive Van Atta array and further increase in RCS will also be discussed.

Keywords

directive antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; radar antennas; radar cross-sections; reflectarray antennas; RCS enhancement; collision avoidance system; microstrip antenna; passive retrodirective Van Atta reflector array; radar cross section; satellite communication; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Prototypes; Transmission line measurements; Retrodirective reflector; Van Atta; antenna array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar (Radar), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5177-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2013.6652021

Filename

6652021