The measurement of echo direction in a phased-array radar
Abstract
For a planar-array antenna with a monopulse feed horn, this study describes a simple algorithm for the determination of the direction of target echoes. Antenna pattern measurements of the array indicate that the direction sines of a received wavefront can be independently obtained with one simple relation between a normalized difference channel output and a direction sine. This paper determines the accuracy of the algorithm.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1978ITAES..14..226R
- Keywords:
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- Algorithms;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Phased Arrays;
- Radar Antennas;
- Radar Echoes;
- Signal Measurement;
- Antenna Feeds;
- Error Analysis;
- Horn Antennas;
- Monopulse Antennas;
- Wave Fronts;
- Communications and Radar