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Cylindrical near‐to‐far‐field transformation system for radar antennas: Design, validation, and application
Author(s) -
Burgos S.,
Martín F.,
SierraCastañer M.,
Besada J. L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23709
Subject(s) - microwave , radar , antenna (radio) , near and far field , azimuth , radiation pattern , transformation (genetics) , radar systems , electronic engineering , field (mathematics) , directional antenna , engineering , acoustics , remote sensing , aerospace engineering , computer science , optics , physics , electrical engineering , telecommunications , geology , mathematics , biochemistry , chemistry , pure mathematics , gene
Cylindrical near‐field systems are appropriate measurement systems for large L‐band RADAR antennas, because they can be measured on their azimuthal positioner, and the probe can be easily translated through a vertical linear slide. Thus, for large antennas, the mechanical aspects of the measurement systems are important and the errors in this mechanical part can affect to the far‐field radiation pattern. This work presents the design and validation process of the near‐to‐far‐field transformation algorithm applied to an outdoor L‐band RADAR antenna cylindrical system. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 2527–2531, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23709