Title :
Triangular antenna arrays
Author_Institution :
Center for Atmos. Res., Massachusetts Univ., Lowell, MA, USA
Abstract :
Antenna arrays in an equilateral triangle configuration can simultaneously provide optimum correlation between antennas at almost vertical incidence as well as substantial suppression of low incidence angle interference and high two-dimensional location finding resolution. In all configurations the use of a center antenna is beneficial for all three requirements: test of consistency of phase data over the whole antenna array, indicating single sources for each Doppler line, as well as maximum interference suppression and optimization for the direction finding resolution
Keywords :
Doppler effect; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; correlation methods; interference suppression; optimisation; radio direction-finding; radiofrequency interference; Doppler line; center antenna; direction finding resolution; equilateral triangle configuration; high two-dimensional location finding resolution; interference suppression; low incidence angle interference; optimization; optimum correlation; phase data; suppression; triangular antenna arrays; vertical incidence;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 1995., Ninth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 407)
Conference_Location :
Eindhoven
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-637-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19950292