Title :
Ultra wideband reconfigurable beam forming and beam shaping for radar and electronic warfare applications
Author :
Holmgren, Terje ; Ouacha, Aziz ; Samuelsson, Carl
Author_Institution :
Swedish Defence Res. Agency, Linkoping, Sweden
Abstract :
Ultra wideband reconfigurable beam forming, and in particular aspects of using frequency dependent aperture area, are discussed. A schematic beam former is proposed, and two key MMIC components, a reconfigurable power splitter/combiner and a 9-bits time delay, are presented.
Keywords :
MMIC; array signal processing; electronic warfare; military radar; radar signal processing; ultra wideband radar; MMIC components; beam shaping; electronic warfare; frequency dependent aperture area; military radar; reconfigurable beam forming; reconfigurable power combiner; reconfigurable power splitter; schematic beam former; time delay; ultrawideband beam forming; Apertures; Array signal processing; Electronic warfare; Frequency; Phased arrays; Radar applications; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2005 European
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-2-8
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610354
