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The grid array antenna
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ecklund, W. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Attention is called to the grid array as a possible useful antenna design for UHF clear air radars. This type of antenna integrates radiating elements and the feed network into a single structure so that a fairly large array can be driven from a single feed point. Figures are given which demonstrate the basic principle of the grid array, which are adapted from Conti et al. (1981). Conductors are arranged above a ground plane in a repeating, staggered array of connected rectangles. Each rectangular element is approximately one by one-half wavelength in size. The currents on the conductors at resonance is indicated. The grid array illustrated can be expanded in both vertical and horizontal directions about the feed point by adding additional rectangular conductors. The design eliminates the feed network and would provide a thin, panel-like antenna that could be easily built and transported. |
| File Size | 55039 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870001072 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8nd0v443 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Radar Beams Impedance Matching Antenna Design Radar Networks Conductors Antenna Feeds Radar Antennas Traveling Waves Antenna Arrays Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
