Ultra-wideband beamforming in sparse arrays
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in IEE Proceedings H Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 138 (4) , 342-346
- https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-h-2.1991.0056
Abstract
Transient radiated fields caused by impulsively excited apertures and aperture response caused by incident impulsive waves has been the subject of considerable research in acoustics. This research is also of importance to wideband radar. Medical ultrasound steered phased arrays use transmitted pulses consisting of from one to three cycles of a damped sinusoid, which is similar to certain ultra-wideband radar systems. Related studies applied to wide-band radar transmitting a single cycle of a sine wave indicate that it may be possible to construct a steered phased array radar with ultra high resolution using very sparse array apertures. In narrowband phased arrays, grating lobe considerations require that the array elements be placed close together. In contrast, very sparse, utra high resolution wide band arrays may be constructed without incurring grating lobe problems.Keywords
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