Title :
The side-lobe transient response of large antennas
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
The paper describes the somewhat bizarre waveforms generated when ultra-wideband pulses impinge on-or are radiated from-a large antenna from/to a direction other than that to which that antenna is matched or steered. It explains how these signals arise, what form they take, and how they can be exploited for extracting the direction of arrival with high accuracy
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; impedance matching; radar antennas; transient response; antenna array; collimating network; direction of arrival; framing pulses; large antennas; matched antenna; matching network; radar antenna; side-lobe transient response; sonar; ultra-short pulse; ultra-wideband pulses; waveform generation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2001. Eleventh International Conference on (IEE Conf. Publ. No. 480)
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-733-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:20010368
