A novel approach to scanning antennas design

Authors

  • Konstantin A. Lukin Usikov Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICATT.2003.1239208

Keywords:

scanning antenna, synthetic aperture, radiator, elctromechanical scanning, MEMS

Abstract

A new concept for design of scanning antennas is suggested. The concept is based upon a combination of a single radiating element movement with antenna aperture synthesizing. The radiator movement may be either real or virtual one. In turn, the latter may be either mechanical or electronic one. In the paper, the case of electromechanical motion is preferably considered. Various realizations of real and virtual movements of the radiator are shortly described. Examples of the concept implementing are presented. Advantages and drawbacks of the concept are briefly discussed.

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Lukin, K.A.; Natarov, M.P.; Skresanov, V.N. Synthetic Aperture Antenna for Near Field Applications, Proc. Int. Conf. Antenna Theory & Techniques, Kharkiv, 2003.

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Published

2003-09-14

Issue

Vol. 1 (2003): ICATT’2003 - Proc. of IV Int. Conf. on Antenna Theory and Techniques

Section

Antenna arrays