Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Flexible UHF/VHF Vivaldi Antenna for Broadband and Gas Balloon Applications. Anthony PRESSE, Jean Marie FLOC'H and Anne Claude TARROT IETR, 20 avenue des Buttes de Coësmes, 35708 Rennes, France. jean-marie.floch-insa-rennes.fr Abstract-- A Vivaldi flexible antenna with a -6 dB bandwidth from 150 MHz to 2000 MHz is introduced. The antenna is fabri

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Mixer Assisted Interferometric Six-port System for Accurate Distance Measurements Stefan Lindner, Fabian Lurz, Sarah Linz, Robert Weigel, and Alexander Koelpin Institute for Electronics Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 91058 Erlangen, Germany Email: Stefan.Lindner-fau.de Phone: +49 9131/85-28847 0.5 m + x Abstract--Common six-port ba

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference A HRWS SAR System Design with Multi-beam Imaging Capabilities J. Castillo, M. Younis, G. Krieger Microwaves and Radar Institute (HR) German Aerospace Center (DLR) 82230 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany javier.delcastillo-dlr.de configuration. The combination of both SCORE and MAC concepts provides the system simultaneous wide swath coverage with high azi

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference 76-81 GHz LTCC Antenna for an Automotive Miniature Radar Frontend Frank Sickinger, Ernst Weissbrodt Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany Martin Vossiek Institute of Microwaves and Photonics (LHFT) University of Erlangen, Germany Abstract--An automotive radar sensor for cocoon functions requires very small dimensions to

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Full SMT Low Cost X-Band Multichannel T/R-Module Marion Filleböck, Felix Thurow Hensoldt, Ulm, Germany marion.filleboeck-hensoldt.net Abstract-- An X-band 12-channel T/R-module with a highly integrated SiGe core chip and integrated radiating elements is presented to demonstrate the potential of applying standard SMT technology for cost reduction

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Accurate Modelling and Experimental Validation of a Large Antenna Array in Ka-band Benoit Lesur, Christophe Melle, David Chaimbault and Alain Karas RF & Antenna Department Zodiac Data Systems La Teste de Buch, France benoit.lesur-zodiacaerospace.com Marc Thevenot, Eric Arnaud and Thierry Monediere RF Systems XLIM Research Institute, UMR CNRS 7252

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference A Modular Multiport Vector Network Analyzer for Electromagnetic Tomography Applications Markus Freilinger, Sebastian Poltschak, Reinhard Feger and Andreas Stelzer Johannes Kepler University Linz Institute for Communications Engineering and RF-Systems Altenberger Str. 69, 4040 Linz, Austria Email: {markus.freilinger, sebastian.poltschak, reinhard.f

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Circularly Polarized Duplex Antenna with High Port-to-Port Isolation Peisheng Zhang, Zeming Xie and Xianjing Lin School of Electronic and Information South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641, China Email:eepszhang-mail.scut.edu.cn Abstract--A circularly polarized (CP) duplex microstrip antenna with high port-to-port isolation is pres

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Range Sidelobes Attenuation of Pseudorandom Waveforms for Civil Radars Francesco De Palo, Gaspare Galati Dept. of Electronic Engineering "Tor Vergata" University Rome, Italy francesco.de.palo-uniroma2.it, gaspare.galati-uniroma2.it Abstract-- In the last years the solid state technology is entering the marine market with some new coherent radars

Proceedings of the 14th European Radar Conference Noise matching in coupled antennas Paulus Kr¨ ger #1 , Barend Visser #2 u # Center for Space Research, North-West University Potchefstroom, South Africa 1 2 P.Paulus.Kruger-gmail.com Barend.Visser-NWU.ac.za Abstract-- A novel way to calculate the sensitivity and beamformer coefficients of a receiver consisting of coupled antennas and an optimum