PHASED ARRAY SYSTEM

A phased array antenna utilizing a parasitic reflector in which the area of the array of radiating elements is smaller than the area of the reflector. The reflector has a concave surface which, in one embodiment of the invention, is a hyperbola of revolution for collimating the rays of radiation inc...

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Hauptverfasser:	HOWELL J,US, REIS C,US, HEEREN V,US
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 phased array antenna utilizing a parasitic reflector in which the area of the array of radiating elements is smaller than the area of the reflector. The reflector has a concave surface which, in one embodiment of the invention, is a hyperbola of revolution for collimating the rays of radiation incident thereupon from the array of radiating elements. The surface of the reflector is particularly adapted to permit the generation of a set of phase shift command signals by means of a novel ray tracing program to provide a collimated beam which may be scanned in response to the phase shift imparted through radiation radiated by the radiating elements. A narrow beam of radiation is obtained by virtue of the relatively large sized reflector even though the dimensions of the array of radiating elements are relatively small.