METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SIDELOBES OF AN ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAY

A method of controlling sidelobe distribution in an active electronically steered array, including electronically reshaping the array aperture so as to reduce sidelobes over a selected region of a coverage volume of the array. In one example, reshaping of the aperture is achieved by electronically t...

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Hauptverfasser:	TINGLEY FATEMEH, POZGAY JEROME H, MCSPADDEN JAMES, ROPER JOEL C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES ELECTRICITY LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of controlling sidelobe distribution in an active electronically steered array, including electronically reshaping the array aperture so as to reduce sidelobes over a selected region of a coverage volume of the array. In one example, reshaping of the aperture is achieved by electronically turning on and/or off selected radiators in the array to vary the angle of edge discontinuities of the aperture, and thereby move the main sidelobes off the principal plane(s) of operation of the array.