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Title:
CONFORMAL TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC SCAN ANTENNA WITH BUTLER MATRIX AND LENS ESA
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003019726
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An antenna and antenna excitation method. The inventive antenna includes a cylindrical array (20) of radiating elements. Each of the elements is mounted at a predetermined substantially transverse angle relative to a longitudinal axis. A circuit (30) is included for providing an electrical potential between at least two of the elements effective to scan a transmit or a receive beam of electromagnetic energy along an elevational axis at least substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis. In the illustrative embodiment, the array includes a stack of the planar, parallel, conductive, ring-shaped radiating elements, each of which is filled with ferroelectric bulk material. A second circuit (70) is included for exciting at least some of the elements to cause the elements to generate a transmit or a receive beam of electromagnetic energy off-axis relative to the longitudinal axis. In the preferred embodiment, the second circuit is a Butler matrix and is effective to cause the beam to scan in azimuth about the longitudinal axis, the azimuthal axis being at least substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis and the elevational axis.

Inventors:
PARK PYONG K
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/026760
Publication Date:
April 10, 2003
Filing Date:
August 22, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
RAYTHEON CO (US)
International Classes:
F41G7/22; G01S7/02; H01Q1/28; H01Q3/26; H01Q3/40; H01Q3/44; H01Q15/08; H01Q3/46; H01Q19/06; H01Q21/20; H01Q25/00; (IPC1-7): H01Q21/20; H01Q3/44; H01Q3/46; H01Q25/00; H01Q3/40; H01Q1/28
Domestic Patent References:
WO2000024080A12000-04-27
Foreign References:
US3653057A1972-03-28
US5729239A1998-03-17
DE2732627A11979-02-01
US3697994A1972-10-10
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1997, no. 06 30 June 1997 (1997-06-30)
POPIK J ET AL: "AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CYLINDRICAL ANTENNA ARRAY FOR ELECTRONIC SCANNING", IRS 98 INTERNATIONAL RADAR SYMPOSIUM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM. MUNICH, SEPT. 15 - 17, 1998, BONN: DGON, DE, vol. 1, 15 September 1998 (1998-09-15), pages 95 - 104, XP000781799
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