학술논문

Refining Radar Architectures: Multichannel Rotary Joints for Surveillance Radars
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Microwave Magazine IEEE Microwave Microwave Magazine, IEEE. 17(5):60-74 May, 2016
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Surveillance
Radar antennas
Stators
Rotors
Radio frequency
Electromagnetic waveguides
Air traffic control
Tracking
Meteorology
Language
ISSN
1527-3342
1557-9581
Abstract
Surveillance radars, i.e., radars for air-traffic control, air defense, missile tracking, and weather observation, have undergone major advancements over their approximately 80-year history. This development has resulted in five fundamental system architectures that differ mainly in their antenna configuration: the rotating reflector antenna, the rotating passive electronically steered antenna (PESA), the stationary PESA, the rotating active electronically steered antenna (AESA), and the stationary AESA. The development of these architectures may be viewed as an evolutionary progression, with each representing a distinct stage of evolution.