The development of a microstrip patch antenna array for an L-band repeat-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is discussed in this paper. The instrument will be flown on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and will provide accurate topographic maps for Earth science by 2007. The antenna operates at a center frequency of 1.2575 GHz and with a bandwidth of 80 MHz, consistent with a number of radar instruments that JPL has previously flown. The antenna is designed to radiate orthogonal linear polarizations for fully-polarimetric measurements. Beam-pointing requirements for repeat-pass SAR interferometry necessitate electronic scanning in azimuth over a range of /spl plusmn/20degrees in order to compensate for aircraft yaw. Beam-steering is accomplished by transmit/receive (T/R) modules and a beamforming network implemented in a stripline circuit board. This paper focuses on the electromagnetic design of the antenna tiles and associated interconnects. An important aspect of the design of this antenna is that it has an amplitude taper of 10dB in the elevation direction. This is to reduce multipath reflections from the wing that would otherwise be detrimental to interferometric radar measurements. The amplitude taper is provided by coupling networks in the interconnect circuits as opposed to using attenuators in the T/R modules. Details are given of material choices and fabrication techniques that meet the demanding environmental conditions that the antenna must operate in. Predicted array performance is reported in terms of co-polarized and cross-polarized far-field antenna patterns, and also in terms of active reflection coefficient. Measured performance of a 4-element by 2-element antenna tile is presented.


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    Titel :

    The UAVSAR phased array aperture


    Beteiligte:
    Chamberlain, N. (Autor:in) / Zawadzki, M. (Autor:in) / Sadowy, G. (Autor:in) / Oakes, E. (Autor:in) / Brown, K. (Autor:in) / Hodges, R. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2006


    Format / Umfang :

    13169668 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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