Title :
Analysis of the Variation in the Main Beam Characteristics of Phase Array Radars when introduced to a Shock Environment
Author :
Manzi, Nicholas J. ; Tran, Dung N. ; Ngai, Eugene
Author_Institution :
Raytheon IDS, Sudbury
Abstract :
Phase array radars are designed to tight tolerances in order to meet exact design constraints placed upon the characteristics of their main beam. A numerical and statistical approach will be utilized to investigate the variation of the following key parameters; gain degradation, side-lobe perturbation, beam width variation and beam pointing error (BPE). Their subsequent effect on normal operation of the radar will be looked at in detail in this paper.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; phased array radar; statistical analysis; BPE; beam pointing error; beam width variation; gain degradation; numerical approach; phase array radars; shock environment; side-lobe perturbation; statistical approach; Airborne radar; Degradation; Electric shock; Intrusion detection; Phase detection; Phased arrays; Radar applications; Radar detection; Radar tracking; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0284-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2007.374206
