Secondary Surveillance Radar Antenna [Antenna Designer´s Notebook]

Author

Schejbal, V. ; Bezousek, Pavel ; Pidanic, Jan ; Chyba, M.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic

Volume

55

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

170

Abstract

This paper deals with a secondary surveillance radar (SSR) array antenna, which is intended for a system combining the secondary surveillance radar antenna and the primary surveillance radar antenna. It describes the patch array elements and the synthesis for the secondary surveillance radar array, considering both elevation and azimuth patterns for sum, difference, and sidelobe-suppression beams, and suspended stripline couplers. The utilization of multilayer techniques allows the connection of layers with patch radiating elements and layers with beamforming networks.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; array signal processing; microstrip antenna arrays; radar antennas; search radar; SSR array antenna; azimuth patterns; beamforming networks; elevation patterns; multilayer techniques; patch array elements; patch radiating elements; primary surveillance radar antenna; secondary surveillance radar antenna; sidelobe-suppression beams; suspended stripline couplers; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Couplers; Feeds; Radar; Radar antennas; Surveillance; Secondary surveillance radar (SSR); antenna synthesis; array antenna; patch antenna; stripline coupler;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2013.6578015

Filename

6578015