High-efficiency L-band transmit/receive module for synthetic aperture radar

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 238-243

  Edelstein, Wendy N ^a   Andricos, Constantine ^a   Moussessian, Alina ^a   Wang, Feiyu ^b   Rutledge, David B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; FREQUENCIES; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR SYSTEMS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

AIRBORNE MOVING TARGET INDICATION; GROUND MOVING TARGET INDICATION; POWER CONSUMPTION; SPACE BASED RADAR; THERMAL DESIGN;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0038148675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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