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access icon openaccess Large aperture scanning membrane phased array antenna for geosynchronous Earth orbit synthetic aperture radar applications

This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Received 22/02/2019, Accepted 22/05/2019, Published 11/07/2019

A large aperture membrane phased array antenna with an array antenna and transmit/receive (T/R) modules is presented for geosynchronous Earth orbit synthetic aperture radar applications. Its scanning beams can cover ±8° with ignorable grating lobes within its visible area. By utilising the coplanar reintegration technique of multichips, compact and light-weight T/R modules can be achieved. A scaled model is demonstrated and characterised experimentally. Measured results validate the feasibility and efficiency of the design method for the membrane phased array antenna.

Inspec keywords: transmitting antennas; multichip modules; synthetic aperture radar; receiving antennas; antenna phased arrays; radar antennas; Earth orbit

Other keywords: coplanar reintegration technique; transmit-receive modules; geosynchronous Earth orbit synthetic aperture radar applications; large aperture scanning membrane phased array antenna; multichips

Subjects: Radar equipment, systems and applications; Multichip modules; Antenna arrays

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