Phased array radars - Past, present and future

IEE Conference Publication

Volumn , Issue 490, 2002, Pages 104-113

  Brookner, E ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR COUNTERMEASURES; RADAR SYSTEMS; SCANNING ANTENNAS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

CONTINUOUS TRANSVERSE STUB; DIGITAL BEAMFORMING; FERROELECTRIC ROW-COLUMN SCANNING; OPTICAL ELECTRONIC SCANNING; PHASED ARRAY RADAR; SPACEBORNE ACTIVE ARRAY; VOLTAGE-VARIABLE DIELECTRIC ANTENNA;

RADAR CIRCUITS;

EID: 0037001494     PISSN: 05379989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20020258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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