Temperature and Frequency Compensated Array Beam Steering Unit.
Abstract
Beam pointing errors and sidelobes resulting from temperature variations on the aperture and power divider of a series phased array antenna operating at a plurality of selected operating channel frequencies and having uniformly spaced elements are compensated for by placing a temperature sensor on both the aperture and power divider and converting the respective temperature outputs to digital signals which are fed to a digital beam steering unit. A pair of programmed memories are included in the beam steering unit which respond to an address or pointer corresponding to the digitized temperature values and the selected operating frequency to read out stored digitized beam steering phase gradients and feed phase correction which are combined and sequentially applied at regular intervals to symmetrically located phase shifter pairs. A uniformly compensated beam is thereafter radiated at a predetermined phase angle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 30, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADD012365
Entities
People
- Kenneth D. Claborn
- William C. Bailey
Organizations
- United States Army