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A Programmable Phased Array with Time-Delay Units and its Applications

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In this paper, a phased array antenna schematic using true time delays is proposed and suitable time-delays are inserted by switching ON/OFF the RF switches. Using this concept, one can generate SUM pattern, DIFFERENCE pattern, as well as a combination of these two. It is shown that SUM-DIFFERENCE pattern has interesting applications in radar, namely, calibration of beam pointing accuracy and blind speed elimination in a delay line cancellation method. The proposed method can also be formatted to requirements of conical scan as well as shaped beam generation. The proposed method is validated using existing knowledge.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University, Burdwan, 713 104, India

    Q. Md. Alfred

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, 173 215, India

    N. Chopra & G. Singh

  3. Tata Consultancy Services, Abhilash Software Development Centre EPIP Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bangalore, 560 066, India

    T. Chakravarty

  4. Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700 032, India

    S. K. Sanyal

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Alfred, Q.M., Chopra, N., Chakravarty, T. et al. A Programmable Phased Array with Time-Delay Units and its Applications. Int J Wireless Inf Networks 16, 59–67 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-009-0090-4

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