EP0098618A2 - System zur elektronischen Abtastung des Bündels einer Monopuls-Radar-Antenne - Google Patents

System zur elektronischen Abtastung des Bündels einer Monopuls-Radar-Antenne Download PDF

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EP0098618A2
EP0098618A2 EP83106741A EP83106741A EP0098618A2 EP 0098618 A2 EP0098618 A2 EP 0098618A2 EP 83106741 A EP83106741 A EP 83106741A EP 83106741 A EP83106741 A EP 83106741A EP 0098618 A2 EP0098618 A2 EP 0098618A2
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radar antenna
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Riccardo Roveda
Giuseppe Cattarin
Carlo Di Gregorio
Umberto Parrucci
Giuseppe Capasso
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/24—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching
    • H01Q3/245—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching in the focal plane of a focussing device
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q25/00—Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns
    • H01Q25/02—Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns providing sum and difference patterns

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  • the present invention relates to a system which allows the fast sectional scanning of a bundle of radar antenna monopulses to be obtained.
  • the invention is used in the field of radar systems for tracking, particularly in the field of the components in waveguides for antennas. Said fast scanning is obtained by the use of an electronic ferrite switch in the waveguide. As no electronic solutions for shifting the bundle were known, the only possibility consisted of very slow electromechanical devices which therefore were not satisfactory when used for radar purposes.
  • Figure 1 shows a basic diagram of the invention in which P i is the R.F. input power; the block 1 is the electronic ferrite switch; P 1 and P 2 represent the powers being output at two output terminals of said switch, ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 being the corresponding phases; the block 2 represents the monopulse comparator for the sum bundles ( ⁇ ) and for the difference bundles ( ⁇ ) and finally, the block 3 represents the radiating antenna system.
  • Figure 2 represents the block 1 of Figure 1 and is an equivalent circuit diagram of the electronic ferrite switch located in the waveguide.
  • P i is the input power fed to the switch;
  • a 1 and A 2 are two hybrid functions interconnected by two ferrite phase shifters A and B.
  • P 1 and P 2 are the R.F. output powers and ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 the corresponding phases.
  • Figure 3 represents the constructional conception in the R.F. ferrite switch in the waveguide, in which the par- ticulars indicated by DRIVER are the control circuits having transistors.
  • the electronic switch which allows the fast scanning of the antenna bundle is based on the monopulse characteristics of the antenna, combining the sum bundle ⁇ with one of the difference bundles ⁇
  • the real radiating system and the monopulse comparator are typical embodiments of a Cassegrain system with monopulse function.
  • the electronic switch the equivalent circuit diagram of which being illustrated in Fig. 2 is realized as shown in Fig. 3.
  • a 1 and A 2 are two hybrid junctions interconnected by two ferrite phase shifters. As the switching over from one status to the other status must be completed within some 10 ps it has been opted in favour of a latching in guide type phase shifter (see e.g. Ref. No. 1 x ) for the relative reading.
  • the phase shifters are controlled by a transistor driver, which supplies on command the three current couples necessary for the three output situations.
  • lithium ferrite for small peak power values and high average power values is convenient; stabilized garnets for high peak power values and moderate average power values; the magnetisation levels are chosen according to the application frequency.

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EP83106741A 1982-07-08 1983-07-08 System zur elektronischen Abtastung des Bündels einer Monopuls-Radar-Antenne Ceased EP0098618A3 (de)

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IT8248781A IT1149015B (it) 1982-07-08 1982-07-08 Sistema per la scansione settoriale elettronica di un fascio di antenna radar monopulse
IT4878182 1982-07-08

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EP0098618A2 true EP0098618A2 (de) 1984-01-18
EP0098618A3 EP0098618A3 (de) 1986-03-19

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US3059192A (en) * 1960-03-07 1962-10-16 John L Carter Electronic bilateral ferrite reflection switch
US3525952A (en) * 1968-09-30 1970-08-25 Rca Corp Duplexer having two non-reciprocal phase shifting means
US3877031A (en) * 1973-06-29 1975-04-08 Unied States Of America As Rep Method and apparatus for suppressing grating lobes in an electronically scanned antenna array
US3906508A (en) * 1974-07-15 1975-09-16 Rca Corp Multimode horn antenna
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