DocumentCode
973984
Title
A study of tracking accuracy in monopulse phased arrays
Author
Nester, William H.
Author_Institution
General Electric Company, Syracuse, NY, USA
Volume
10
Issue
3
fYear
1962
fDate
5/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
237
Lastpage
246
Abstract
The requirements for high-data rates in modem weapons systems favor the use of phased arrays for monopulse tracking antennas. A discussion is presented of the tracking errors produced by the phase and amplitude errors in the excitation function of a phased array. Both systematic and random phase errors are considered. The effects of both scan and aperture correlation of the random errors is discussed. Even when off-boresight tracking is performed, boresight errors were found to be the predominant tracking error.
Keywords
Monopulse antennas; Phased arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Artificial intelligence; Phased arrays; Radar tracking; Target tracking; Variable speed drives; Yttrium;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-1973
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1962.1137873
Filename
1137873
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