• DocumentCode
    3407916
  • Title

    Design of a wideband active phased array antenna using open-ended rectangular waveguide as radiating element

  • Author

    Yiguo, Zhou ; Yanfei, Wang ; Zheng, Guo

  • Author_Institution
    IECAS-Inst. of Electron., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-27 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    292
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    A wideband active phased array antenna using open-ended rectangular waveguide as radiating element is investigated. The results of computation and simulation show the antenna has very high simultaneous bandwidth over 20% and wide beam scanning capabilities up to ±45° in X band. It can be used in very high resolution (better 0.1 m) SAR/GMTI imaging radar.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; microwave antenna arrays; phased array radar; radar antennas; radar imaging; rectangular waveguides; synthetic aperture radar; GMTI imaging radar; SAR imaging radar; X band; open ended rectangular waveguide; radiating element; wideband active phased array antenna; Arrays; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Phased arrays; Rectangular waveguides; SAR/GMTI imaging radar; active phased array antenna; open-ended rectangular waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar (Radar), 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chengdu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8444-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159535
  • Filename
    6159535