Abstract
This paper deal with the time delay removal of an Archimedean spiral antenna which operates from 400 MHz to 4845 MHz. As it is known, spiral antennas show a dispersive behavior, thus, in time domain, a "chirp" pulse will be displayed at the output. For time delay removal two procedures are investigated: the first one uses an error-term flow graph for the frequency signal as for Vector Network Analyzers while the second one supposes to place a reference metallic plate at a certain distance in order to identify the phase dispersion given by the antenna. In the second case the received signal is passed in time domain by applying an ifft, the multiple reflection are removed an the phase variation due to the time propagation is subtracted. After phase correction the time domain response as well as the side lobes level are decreased. The antenna system made up of two Archimedean spirals is employed by a stepped frequency continuous wave radar (SFCW) which works with a frequency step of 35 MHz.
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the european conference on antennas and propagation |
Editors | H Lacoste, L Ouwehand |
Publisher | European Space Agency |
Pages | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 92-9092-9375 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Event | European conference on antennas and propagation: EuCAP 2006: 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation: - Noordwijk, Nice, France Duration: 6 Nov 2006 → 10 Nov 2006 |
Conference
Conference | European conference on antennas and propagation: EuCAP 2006 |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Nice |
Period | 6/11/06 → 10/11/06 |
Keywords
- conference contrib. refereed
- Conf.proc. > 3 pag