LINE SOURCE APERTURE MONOPULSE EXCITATIONS.

Abstract

Independent and interdependent line source aperture monopulse excitations have been derived for arbitrary pattern sidelobe constraints. A computer program, developed to solve for the required excitation coefficients, is outlined and appended. Numerical examples of independent excitations, which provide the maximum sum pattern gain factor or maximum difference pattern angular sensitivity factor, are compared with other reported aperture distributions. A tandem series-feed network capable of providing independent array excitations is described and the listing of a computer program for the practical design of a feed network is appended. Phased array applications to Displaced Phase Center Antennas, as used in airborne MTI systems, were investigated and the monopulse excitation requirements have been determined. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0671967

Entities

People

  • Richard R. Kinsey

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Excitation
  • Phased Arrays
  • Sensitivity

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.