Title :
Phased arrays for the new millennium
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Syst. Co., Sudbury, MA, USA
Abstract :
This is a survey paper summarizing the developments and future trends in passive, active bipolar and monolithic microwave integrated circuitry (MMIC) phased arrays for ground, ship, air and space applications. The developments covered are the THAAD (formerly GBR), European COBRA and Israel BMD radar antennas; Dutch shipboard APAR; airborne US F-22; European AMSAR, Swedish AESA, Japan FSX and Israel Phalcon; Iridium (66 satellites in orbit for total of 198 antennas) and Globalstar MMIC spaceborne antenna systems; Thomson-CSF wafer integration 94 GHz seeker antenna; digital beamforming; ferroelectric row-column scanning; optical electronic scanning for communications and radar; the MMIC C-band to Ku-band Advanced Shared Aperture Program (ASAP) antenna system for communications, radar, electronics countermeasures (ECM) and ESM; and continuous transverse stub (CTS) voltage-variable dielectric (VVD) antenna
Keywords :
active antenna arrays; aircraft antennas; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; bipolar MMIC; dielectric devices; electronic countermeasures; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; radar antennas; reviews; ships; 94 GHz; ASAP antenna system; Advanced Shared Aperture Program; C-band; ECM; EHF; ESM; European AMSAR antenna; European COBRA; Globalstar; Iridium system; Israel BMD radar antennas; Israel Phalcon antenna; Japan FSX antenna; Ku-band; MMIC; MMIC spaceborne antenna systems; Swedish AESA antenna; THAAD; Thomson-CSF; active bipolar microwave integrated circuit; airborne US F-22; continuous transverse stub; digital beamforming; electronics countermeasures; ferroelectric row-column scanning; ground applications; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; optical electronic scanning; passive bipolar microwave integrated circuit; phased arrays; shipboard APAR antenna; ships; voltage-variable dielectric antenna; wafer integration seeker antenna; Airborne radar; Aperture antennas; Electronic countermeasures; Laser radar; MMICs; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar countermeasures; Satellite antennas; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Conference, 2001. NRSC 2001. Proceedings of the Eighteenth National
Conference_Location :
Mansoura
Print_ISBN :
977-5031-68-0
DOI :
10.1109/NRSC.2001.929153
