Title :
Novel compact steerable antenna with radar applications
Author :
Galejs, Robert J. ; Fenn, Alan J.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Capabilities & Syst. Group, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
A new electronically steerable antenna design utilizing electric and magnetic dipoles arranged in a vector-sensor type geometry is described which can transmit in any azimuth and elevation direction with theoretically no scan loss. Several radar and communications applications are proposed and an unmanned air system (UAS) sense-and-avoid (SAA) radar concept is described in detail.
Keywords :
dipole antennas; radar antennas; SAA radar concept; UAS; electric dipoles; electronically steerable antenna design; magnetic dipoles; novel compact steerable antenna; radar applications; sense-and-avoid; unmanned air system; vector sensor type geometry; Clutter; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Geometry; Radar; Radar antennas; electronically steerable antenna; sense-and-avoid radar; vector sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (RadarCon), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8231-8
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2015.7131240
