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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 3, March 1999

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Multifunction Wide-Band Array Design

Chris Hemmi, Senior Member, IEEE, R. Thomas Dover, Fred German, and Anthony Vespa (Invited Paper)

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Abstract:

High-performance active arrays operating over C, X, and Ku-band have been demonstrated using newly developed designs of wide-band radiating elements and wide-band monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC's). The advanced shared aperture program (ASAP) explored the development of wide-band multifunction arrays capable of simultaneous and time interleaved radar, electronic warfare, and communications functions. Two iterations of radiating element and transmit/receive (T/R) module design were completed during this program. Radiating aperture design approach, overall array concepts, and current design technology and performance are summarized in this paper.

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