On the synthesis of sub-arrayed planar array antennas for tracking radar applications

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 599-602

  Manica, Luca ^a   Rocca, Paolo ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compromise pattern synthesis; Large planar arrays; Monopulse antennas; Sum and difference beams

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NUMERICAL METHODS; RADAR ANTENNAS; TRACKING RADAR; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ARRAY PROCESSING; RADAR TRACKING;

DIFFERENCE PATTERNS; MONOPULSE ANTENNA; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PLANAR ARRAYS; PLANAR-ARRAY ANTENNAS; RADAR APPLICATIONS; SUM AND DIFFERENCE BEAMS; OPTIMAL PATHS; PARTITION METHODS; SOLUTION SPACE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 65549162052     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.2000787     Document Type: Article

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