{"title":"A cross-array radiometer for spacecraft applications","authors":"W. Gregorwich, D. Dickinson","doi":"10.1109/AERO.1989.82409","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Large-area surveillance can be achieved by the use of a beam-forming antenna consisting of two crossed linear arrays. Such an antenna has the advantage that it can be steered electronically and its beam synthesized so that it will have a resolution fully equivalent to that of a filled antenna of equal diameter. It would also be a much lighter antenna, probably no more than 10% to 15% the weight of a filled aperture. The beam-forming function would require the use of high-speed, integrated circuitry. Coverage issues are addressed, and implementation is discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414116,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.1989.82409","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Large-area surveillance can be achieved by the use of a beam-forming antenna consisting of two crossed linear arrays. Such an antenna has the advantage that it can be steered electronically and its beam synthesized so that it will have a resolution fully equivalent to that of a filled antenna of equal diameter. It would also be a much lighter antenna, probably no more than 10% to 15% the weight of a filled aperture. The beam-forming function would require the use of high-speed, integrated circuitry. Coverage issues are addressed, and implementation is discussed.<>