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Atanasov, A.N. (author), Alink, M.S.O. (author), Van Vliet, F.E. (author)We present a simple and useful figure of merit (FoM) with which to evaluate the performance of simultaneous-multi-beam (SMB) transmit (TX) antenna arrays. The FoM builds upon the power-aperture product and effective isotropic radiated power for single-beam arrays and extends it to SMB arrays. The FoM is the product of radiated power, antenna...conference paper 2022
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Yepes, C. (author), Neto, A. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Gandini, E. (author), van Vliet, F.E. (author), Monni, S. (author)We present the design of an array of tilted dipoles loaded with artificial dielectrics, to achieve asymmetric radiation patterns. First, a simplified array element consisting of skewed stacked dipoles in the presence of a backing reflector is studied, by means of a dedicated spectral periodic method of moments (MoM). The analysis of the stacked...conference paper 2019
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Bekers, D.J. (author), Jacobs, S. (author), Monni, S. (author), Bolt, R.J. (author), Fortini, D. (author), Capece, P. (author), Toso, G. (author)The article presents the design of a Ka-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument based on innovative phased-array antennas, with steering capability in azimuth and elevation. To limit the complexity and costs associated with conventional large active arrays with regular layouts, a sparse array concept is presented. The proposed approach...article 2019
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Gandini, E. (author), Silvestri, F. (author), Benini, A. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Martini, E. (author), MacI, S. (author), Viganò, M.C. (author), Toso, G. (author), Monni, S. (author)A wide scanning dome antenna with reduced profile is presented in this contribution. The minimum height of the dielectric lens is derived from its geometrical configuration and imposed in the design. The antenna is analysed using in-house ray tracing and physical optics tools. Because of the presence of the lens, the phase distribution of the...conference paper 2019
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Genderen, P.V. (author), Stolp, E. (author), Heebels, G. (author)This paper addresses the early developments that have resulted in the design and development of active electronically scanned arrays (AESA) in The Netherlands. An early type of radar measuring the position of objects in range, azimuth and elevation in three dimensions (SPS-01/MTTR) is described in some detail. Requirements of the Royal...conference paper 2019
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Keizer, W.P.M.N. (author)This paper deals with the synthesis of monopulse antenna patterns, sum and difference ones, for planar phased array antennas with an elliptical aperture boundary featuring unequal ultra-low peak sidelobe levels (PSLLs) for the two principal planes of its far field. The used synthesis method is the iterative Fourier transform (IFT) approach. The...article 2019
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Keizer, W.P.M.N. (author)This article will deal with the impact of mutual coupling on the far-field peak sidelobe performance of a finite planar phased-array antenna having a circular aperture shape and containing 2,066 elements arranged in a triangular grid. The radiator that is used is of the open-ended rectangular waveguide type, vertically polarized. The computation...article 2019
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Bekers, D.J. (author), Jacobs, S. (author), Bolt, R.J. (author), Monni, S. (author), Fortini, D. (author), Germani, C. (author), Capece, P. (author), Toso, G. (author)In this paper a novel sparse layout for the radiating aperture of a Ka-band spaceborne SAR is outlined. Starting from a set of typical requirements and the definition of a benchmark antenna, an approach to achieve sparsity (in terms of the number of active modules) is proposed, which reduces significantly the fill factor as compared to the...conference paper 2017
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Silvestri, F. (author), Benini, A. (author), Gandini, E. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Martini, E. (author), Maci, S. (author), Vigano, M.C. (author), Geurts, M. (author), Toso, G. (author), Monni, S. (author)This paper presents design considerations for the development of wide-scanning antennas for on-craft satellite communications. A scanning coverage of 80° is required for this application over a 15% fractional bandwidth in Ka-band. A solution based on a phased array illuminating a passive superstrate is identified as the most promising. A fully...conference paper 2017
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Silvestri, F. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Gandini, E. (author), Monni, S. (author), Viganò, M.C. (author), Benini, A. (author), Martini, E. (author), Maci, S. (author), Toso, G. (author)Design considerations on a wide-scanning array antenna for on-craft satellite communications are presented in this paper. For this type of application, a scanning coverage of 80° over a 15% fractional bandwidth in Ka-band is required. A solution based on a passive superstrate illuminated by a phased array is recognized as the most encouraging....conference paper 2017
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- Yepes, C. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Neto, A. (author), Gandini, E. (author), Monni, S. (author), van Vliet, F.E. (author) conference paper 2017
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Soer, M.C.M. (author), Klumperink, E.A.M. (author), van den Broek, D.J. (author), Nauta, B. (author), van Vliet, F.E. (author)Spatial interference rejection in analog adaptive beamforming receivers can improve the distortion performance of the circuits following the beamforming network, but is susceptible to the nonlinearity of the beamforming network itself. This paper presents an analysis of intermodulation product cancellation in analog active phased array receivers...article 2017
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Jacobs, S. (author), Bekers, D. (author), Monni, S. (author), Otten, M. (author), Van Rossum, W. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Germani, C. (author), Fortini, D. (author), Toso, G. (author)This contribution addresses the problem of designing a sparse active array antenna for spaceborne SAR applications at Ka-band. The main driver for the design is limiting the recurring manufacturing costs associated to the number of active modules, while preserving main performance and insuring a certain level of industrial feasibility. A sparse...conference paper 2015
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Nooij, P.N.C. (author), Theil, A. (author)Blake chart computations are widely employed to rank detection coverage capabilities of competitive search radar systems. Developed for comparable 2D radar systems with a mechanically rotating reflector antenna, it was not necessary to regard update rate and plot quality in Blake's chart. To characterize the system's critical awareness, the...conference paper 2014
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Monni, S. (author), Neto, A. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Nennie, F. (author), Tijhuis, A. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)Interference between neighboring antennas operating in nearby frequency ranges can lead to damage of the front-end electronics. This letter presents the design of a frequency-selective surface (FSS) aimed at preventing the saturation of the low noise amplifiers of a phased-array radar antenna due to the carrier of a satellite communication...article 2009
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TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author), Coenen, T.J. (author), Bekers, D.J. (author), Tauritz, J.L. (author), van Vliet, F.E. (author)In the last decade, post-wall waveguides have emerged as an interesting building block for (antenna) feed networks because of their potential low losses, low costs, ease of manufacturing and integrability with existing printed circuit board techniques. In this paper we present a general formulation to analyze the characteristics of post-wall...conference paper 2008
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Albani, M. (author), Balling, P. (author), Ettorre, M. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Maci, S. (author), Pontoppidan, K. (author), Sipus, Z. (author), Sjöberg, D. (author), Vecchi, G. (author), Vipiana, F. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)The topic of this paper is the work carried out in Work Package 2.3-2 of the EU network ACE. This work package is concerned with the modelling of the surfaces of modern reflector antennas. In particular the problems associated with homogenisation of periodic structures are described together with an application example. An accurate MoM solutions...conference paper 2007
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Keizer, W.P.M.N. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)A new and very fast low-sidelobe pattern synthesis method for planar array antennas with periodic element spacing is described. The basic idea of the method is that since the array factor is related to the element excitations through an inverse Fourier transform, the element excitations can be derived from the array factor through a direct...article 2007
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de Maagt, P. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Llombart, N. (author), Neto, A. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)We show how the design of integrated arrays can significantly benefit from planar circularly symmetric (PCS) electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures. Using this technology, a phased array that scans up to 40° in one dimension and that is characterized by relatively large bandwidth (BW ≈ 15%) is designed, manufactured and tested. The specific...article 2007
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TNO Industrie en Techniek TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author), Monni, S. (author), Gerini, G. (author), Neto, A. (author), Tijhuis, A.G. (author)A modular technique originally proposed for waveguide junctions, the multimode equivalent network approach based on the integral equation formulation (IEMEN), is extended to the analysis of multilayer Frequency Selective Surfaces integrated with waveguide array antennas. This technique represents each layer and transition between layers in terms...article 2007
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