Content: Phased Array Antenna Handbook Third Edition
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Phased Arrays in Radar and Communication Systems
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 System Requirements for Radar and Communication Antennas
1.1.2 Directive Properties of Arrays
1.1.3 Array Noise Characterization
1.1.4 The Receiving Antenna in a Polarized Plane Wave Field
1.1.5 System Considerations
1.1.6 Monopulse Beam Splitting
1.2 Array Characterization for Radar and Communication Systems. 1.2.14 Directivity and Illumination Errors: Random Error and Quantization Error1.2.15 Minimum Number of Elements versus Scan Coverage: Limited Field-of-View Arrays
1.2.16 Time-Delay Compensation
1.3 Array Architecture and Control Technology
1.3.1 Array Aperture
1.3.2 Feed Architectures
1.3.3 Beamforming and Relevant Architectures
1.3.4 RF Components for Array Control
1.3.5 Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Technology
1.3.6 Antenna Components for Mobile Phones
1.3.7 Metamaterials for Array Control
References
Chapter 2 Pattern Characteristics of Linear and Planar Arrays. 2.1 Array Analysis2.1.1 The Radiation Integrals
2.1.2 Element Pattern Effects, Mutual Coupling, Gain Computed from Element Patterns
2.2 Characteristics of Linear and Planar Arrays
2.2.1 Linear Array Characteristics
2.2.2 Planar Array Characteristics
2.3 Scanning to Endfire
2.4 Thinned Arrays
2.4.1 Average Patterns of Density-Tapered Arrays
2.4.2 Probabilistic Studies of Thinned Arrays
2.4.3 Thinned Arrays with Quantized Amplitude Distributions
References
Chapter 3 Pattern Synthesis for Linear and Planar Arrays
3.1 Linear Arrays and Planar Arrays with Separable Distributions.