A wideband omnidirectional conformal array for passive radar

Régis Guinvarc'H (1) , Mohammed Serhir (2) , Fabrice Boust (1) , Nicolas Ribiere-Tharaud (3)

1 SONDRA - Sondra, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay (COmUE)
2 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Palaiseau]
3 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes

A wideband antenna array, conformed to a cylinder, is presented. It covers 360° from 1.2 GHz up to 3.6 GHz. It is made of 10 spiral antennas and backed by a ten face ground plane. Its diameter is 28cm, so almost one lambda at 1.2 GHz. It is designed for passive radar.

Domains: Electromagnetism

Régis Guinvarc'H, Mohammed Serhir, Fabrice Boust, Nicolas Ribiere-Tharaud. A wideband omnidirectional conformal array for passive radar. 2014 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI 2014), IEEE, Jul 2014, Memphis, United States. pp.237-238, ⟨10.1109/APS.2014.6904450⟩. ⟨hal-01103909⟩