{"title":"Analysis of a novel MIMO system for security applications","authors":"F. Belfiori, P. Hoogeboom","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613348","url":null,"abstract":"Recent years have shown how the performances of the standard radar systems can be significantly improved by using a multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) approach. MIMO technique is an already well studied method for communications applications thanks to the benefits that it offers in multipath fading environments. This paper is aimed to present the design of a new MIMO based, short range, surveillance radar for local area security purpose. One of the main addressed features to the system under consideration is the capability to provide full 360° azimuth coverage within its working area. The following analysis will be focused on the system structure description and on the first simulated results.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114391637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A family of G-band active electronically scanned arrays for radar applications","authors":"S. Mosca","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613273","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper describes the family of G-band Active Electronically Scanned Arrays (AESA) designed and produced by SELEX-Sistemi Integrati. The development of certain types of key components has allowed to obtain, with the same effort, AESA with different performances according to the customer needs. The overall architecture of the AESA is described.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116315532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Jacomb-Hood, E. Lier, B. Martin, J. Teixeira, P. Papula, T. Destefano, S. Nelson, Sid Anderson, M. Walker, Chris Jones, R. Anderson, Esh Channabasappa
{"title":"RF on Flex tile for L Band phased arrays","authors":"A. Jacomb-Hood, E. Lier, B. Martin, J. Teixeira, P. Papula, T. Destefano, S. Nelson, Sid Anderson, M. Walker, Chris Jones, R. Anderson, Esh Channabasappa","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613377","url":null,"abstract":"Passive and active L Band phased array tiles based on RF on Flex interconnect have been successfully demonstrated. The tile is a modular building block for light weight, high performance phased arrays to be used in space based radar applications. Each tile contains 6 radiating elements with a maximum radiated power per element of ~ 2 W. Each tile includes two beamformers and two T/R modules per radiating element so that any transmit polarization may be formed and both V and H polarizations may be received. Each tile weighs 0.41 kg (3.9 kg/m²). In order to minimize production cost the tile is designed to be fabricated on an industry standard Printed Circuit Board assembly line and the T/R modules are packaged as Plastic Encapsulated Modules (PEMs). A thirty tile build has demonstrated high yield and a path to meeting the tile high volume production cost goal of $50K/m².","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122008304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alberto Antón, Alberto Torre, Isabel Garcia-Rojo, Ivan Albarran, Rafael Hernandez
{"title":"High resolution techniques for fast acquisition of satellite signals","authors":"Alberto Antón, Alberto Torre, Isabel Garcia-Rojo, Ivan Albarran, Rafael Hernandez","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613236","url":null,"abstract":"Orbiting satellites and other spatial vehicles have complex trajectories that can usually be precisely approximated with analytical or numerical methods known as propagators. However, some scenarios present great dynamical perturbations regarding positions and velocities, increasing the angular uncertainty window of the received signal's DoA (Direction of Arrival). Some of these scenarios include LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase), orbital maneuvers, on board problems, etc., where TT&C (Telemetry, Tracking & Command) becomes critical. Thus, fast acquisition and appropriate tracking are important processes that must be carefully designed. In this paper it will be shown how a new concept of ground segment station based on distributed arrays of antennae and digital signal processing can improve signal acquisition's convergence speed at low cost, due to the super-resolution capabilities of adaptive DoA estimation algorithms such as MUSIC (MUltiple SIgnal Classification).","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125875034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Fenn, P. T. Hurst, John S. Sandora, J. Krieger, L. Parad
{"title":"Low-profile dual-polarized UHF array antenna","authors":"A. Fenn, P. T. Hurst, John S. Sandora, J. Krieger, L. Parad","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613305","url":null,"abstract":"A low-profile dual-polarized UHF array antenna has been developed for wide field-of-view dual sector coverage in the 250 to 450 MHz frequency range for communications or radar applications. The antenna utilizes a pair of parasitically-tuned dipole arrays for horizontal polarization and a pair of parasitically-tuned monopole arrays for vertical polarization, and both arrays are mounted on a common ground plane. The thickness of the antenna is 18.2 cm. Numerical electromagnetic simulations were used to analyze and optimize the antenna parameters prior to fabrication. Measurements of the dual-polarized prototype in an anechoic chamber demonstrate the antenna's return loss and dual-polarized radiation gain pattern performance.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130754473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Broadband planar Traveling-Wave Arrays (TWA) with 2-D elements","authors":"Johnson J. H. Wang","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613307","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses latest design of broadband planar Traveling-Wave Array (TWA), a class of broadband planar phased array antennas using planar 2-dimensional (2-D) broadband traveling-wave antenna elements closely spaced above a conducting ground plane, for low cost and multioctave bandwidth. The TWA is fundamentally different from the other two 2-D broadband phased arrays: Current Sheet Antenna (CSA) and Fragmented Aperture (FA). TWA arose directly from antenna concept with an inherent ground plane, while CSA and FA evolved from scattering technology. TWA is much thinner and lighter than CSA and FA, roughly by a factor o 5 and 15, respectively. This study employs an empirical design approach based on the technique of Active Element Gain Pattern (AEGP). Measured data showed TWA's potential for broad bandwidth and wide-angle scan. Some controversies on AEGP in the literature are also clarified.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132075318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Bucci, T. Isernia, A. Morabito, S. Perna, Daniele Pinchera
{"title":"On the optimal synthesis of shaped beam sparse arrays having uniform amplitude excitations","authors":"O. Bucci, T. Isernia, A. Morabito, S. Perna, Daniele Pinchera","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613277","url":null,"abstract":"By exploiting not widely diffused results in the synthesis of shaped beams by means of fixed geometry linear arrays, as well as recent results in the synthesis of pencil beams by means of sparse arrays, we set a frame for a deterministic and hence fast synthesis of shaped beams through sparse arrays having an uniform amplitude. Preliminary results, supporting the effectiveness of the proposed strategies, are also presented.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132266233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Source-proximity limitations in high-frequency code solvers for modeling conformal cylindrical arrays","authors":"S. Walker, D. Chatterjee","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613335","url":null,"abstract":"The NECBSC high-frequency code solver is an efficient computational tool for solving electrically large problems. The features of the UTD-based algorithm in this solver is gainfully utilized to calculate the embedded element pattern of a 5×5 cylindrical dipole element array located before a PEC circular cylinder of electrical radius ka = 96.5. The central element of the dipole array which is kept at 0.257λ off the curved surface of the cylinder, is excited with other dipoles terminated in a matched load of 50Ω. Since NECBSC formally does not calculate the array mutual coupling, this is included by calculating the induced currents on the elements derived from a full-wave integral equation based solver, FEKO. Comparison against the available experimental data shows remarkably good agreement between NECBSC, FEKO in the lit regions. The FEKO and NECBSC yield different results in the deep shadow regions dominated by creeping waves, indicating the necessity of further investigations.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130807139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grating lobe suppression in phased arrays composed of identical or similar subarrays","authors":"Y. Krivosheev, A. Shishlov","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613283","url":null,"abstract":"The grating lobe suppression methods for non-equidistant array antennas composed of identical or similar subarrays are proposed. Subarrays have equidistant rectangular or triangular grid. The grating lobes of an antenna array are reduced due to the irregular arrangement of subarrays. The following methods are considered: relative shift of neighbor subarrays, arranging gaps between subarrays, using different element spacing in different subarrays, rotation of subarrays, and combination of these methods. The methods provide suppression of the grating lobes from −2.6 dB to −11 dB as compared to equidistant arrays while side lobes envelop grows slightly.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130815472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Brown, Boyang Zhang, Boris Svirchuk, Min-sheng Ni
{"title":"An experimental study of acoustic distributed beamforming using round-trip carrier synchronization","authors":"D. Brown, Boyang Zhang, Boris Svirchuk, Min-sheng Ni","doi":"10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613352","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of an acoustic distributed beamforming system and presents experimental results for two-source and three-source acoustic distributed beam-forming using the time-slotted round-trip carrier synchronization protocol. Each source node in the system was built using commercial off-the-shelf parts including a Texas Instruments floating-point digital signal processor, microphone, speaker, audio amplifier, and battery. The source node functionality, including phase locked loops and the logic associated with the time-slotted round-trip carrier synchronization protocol, was realized through real-time software independently running on each source node's C6713 digital signal processor. Experimental results for two-source and three-source realizations of the acoustic distributed beamforming system in a room with multipath channels are presented. The two-source and three-source experimental results show mean power gains of approximately 97.7% and 90.7%, respectively, of an ideal beamformer.","PeriodicalId":125604,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123406731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}