Title :
Digital beam forming for conformal active array antenna
Author :
Kanno, Masaaki ; Hashimura, Takayuki ; Katada, Takeshi ; Sato, Mitsuhisa ; Fukutani, Koichi ; Suzuki, Akihiro
Author_Institution :
Tech. Res. & Dev. Inst., Japan Defense Agency, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A conformal active phased array antenna the shape of which is an elliptical cylinder was developed. Features of this antenna and transceiver/receiver module, digital beam forming (DBF) architecture developed for conformal antenna, and measured antenna patterns both in transmitting and in receiving, are described. The validity of the two-dimensional DBF with the maximum S/N weight design architecture confirmed through an experiment are also presented
Keywords :
active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; array signal processing; conformal antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; adaptive beamforming; conformal active array antenna; digital beam forming architecture; elliptical cylinder; experiment; maximum S/N weight design architecture; measured antenna patterns; microstrip antenna elements; receiving patterns; transceiver/receiver module; transmitting patterns; two-dimensional DBF; Adders; Aircraft; Antenna arrays; Buffer storage; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas; Shape; Switches; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Phased Array Systems and Technology, 1996., IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3232-6
DOI :
10.1109/PAST.1996.565898
