Design of a broad-band low cross-polarized X-band antenna array for SAR applications

Author

Neves, E.S. ; Elmarissi, W. ; Dreher, A.

Author_Institution

German Aerosp. Center, Inst. of Commun. & Navigation, Wessling, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

2460

Abstract

Antenna elements and arrays for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) applications is a research topic normally required from projects that have very demanding specifications. A novel broadband dual linearly polarized microstrip antenna array with low cross-polarization level for operation in the frequency range from 9.1 GHz to 10.1 GHz used in the airborne E-SAR project, and which makes use of a flexible 2-stage (azimuth and elevation) feeder system is presented in this paper. The main antenna array parameters, as well as the feeding setup, are shown and discussed.

Keywords

airborne radar; antenna feeds; broadband antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; multifrequency antennas; radar antennas; synthetic aperture radar; 9.1 to 10.1 GHz; SAR applications; X-band antenna array; airborne E-SAR project; broadband antenna array; cross-polarization level; dual linearly polarized array; flexible 2-stage feeder system; microstrip antenna array; synthetic aperture radar; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Aperture antennas; Broadband antennas; Linear antenna arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; Radar antennas; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1331871

Filename

1331871