Title :
Near field beam patterns of circularly rotating phased array
Author :
Cetinkaya, H. ; Yarovoy, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Microwave Sensing, Signals & Syst. (MS3), Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
Near-field focusing properties of the circularly rotating UWB phased array are studied theoretically. Dependencies of the near field beam patterns on the frequency band, the center frequency, the number of the element included in the array, the electromagnetic constitutional parameters of the medium, and the focusing point position are investigated. It is shown that the main beam width of the near field beam pattern becomes narrower and side/graining lobe level increases with the medium dielectric constant. Apart from this, the focusing is degraded when the beam pattern is steered to the edge position.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; ground penetrating radar; permittivity; radar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; circularly rotating UWB phased array; dielectric constant; electromagnetic constitutional parameters; ground penetrating radar; near field beam pattern; radar antennas; side-graining lobe level; Apertures; Arrays; Bandwidth; Focusing; Gratings; Media; Permittivity; Ground Penetrating Radar; near field focusing; phased array;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902409