Van Attа’s array consist of tapered slot antennas for wideband pulse signals

Authors

  • Aleksander Yu. Butrym Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
  • Oleg V. Kazansky Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
  • Nikolay N. Kolchigin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICATT.2005.1496931

Keywords:

Van Atta’s array, retrodirective radiation of pulse signal, tapered slot antenna

Abstract

The possibility of retrodirective radiation of a wideband pulse signal by Van Atta’s array is verified experimentally. The effect of both symmetric and asymmetric array elements interconnections is shown as regards the time form of the reradiated pulse.

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Published

2005-06-05