Hardware Compressive True-Time Steering for Control of Phased Array Antennas.

Abstract

This program has developed a hardware compressive fiber optic (FO) true time delay (TTD) system for broadband UHF and L band high performance Phased Array Antenna (PAA) applications. The TTD steering is based on a unique architecture that employs both electronic and FO programmable delay lines in conjunction with optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) to dramatically reduce system complexity, hardware, weight, volume, and cost. This report describes the development of the prototype transmit and receive WDM TTD systems and the results obtained from the antenna range demonstrations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA304996

Entities

People

  • A. H. Johnson
  • A. P. Goutzoulis
  • D. K. Davies
  • I. Liberman
  • J. M. Zomp

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Delay Lines
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • L Band
  • Laser Diodes
  • Phased Arrays
  • Radar
  • Radio Frequency
  • Steering
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics