Publication:
Blind spot mitigation in phased array antenna using metamaterials

Date

2014

Authors

Crépin, Thomas
Martel, Cédric
Gabard, Benjamin
Boust, Fabrice
Martinaud, Jean-Paul
Dousset, Thierry
Loecker, Claudius
Bertuch, Thomas

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Publisher

IEEE
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena

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Abstract

In this work, a metaradome based on a fakir’s bed of nails is designed and tested in order to suppress the blind directions of a 100-element antenna array. The antenna is a microstrip array designed to operate in X-band. The fakir’s bed metamaterial-like was first approximated using analytical formulas before a full-wave numerical optimization. Experimental results are exposed and confronted to numerical results. They show a significant reduction of the blind spot subsequent to the metaradome addition.

Description

Trabajo presentado a 2014 International Radar Conference, 13-17 de octubre de 2014, Lille (Francia)

Keywords

Antenna arrays, Metamaterials, Scan blindness

Department

Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa

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