The control of a multi-function phased-array
Abstract
It is pointed out that future defense radar systems must be capable of coping with attacks involving many simultaneous missile engagements in a dense jamming environment. An electronically steered pencil beam radar used in conjunction with software offers a viable, and possibly unique solution to the problems of such a situation. With such a system, both search and tracking can be carried out by the same sensor. In the present investigation, the sensor considered is a planar array employing solid-state active modules in each element for both transmission and reception. The design of the described control structure is to maximize the potential information flow by limiting the constraints on the use of the system to those inherent in the basic system components themselves.
- Publication:
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GEC Journal Research
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983GECJR...1..140W
- Keywords:
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- Digital Radar Systems;
- Multibeam Antennas;
- Numerical Control;
- Phased Arrays;
- Radar Antennas;
- Radar Detection;
- Pencil Beams;
- Radar Receivers;
- Radar Tracking;
- Search Radar;
- Signal Processing;
- Communications and Radar