• Title/Summary/Keyword: Active Phased Array Radar

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Developement of Planar Active Array Antenna System for Radar (평면형 능동 위상 배열 레이더용 안테나 시스템 개발)

  • Chon, Sang-Mi;Na, Hyung-Gi;Kim, Soo-Bum;Lee, Jeong-Won;Kim, Dong-Yoon;Kim, Seon-Joo;Ahn, Chang-Soo;Lee, Chang-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.1340-1350
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    • 2009
  • The design and implementation of planar Active Phased Array Antenna System are described in this paper. This Antenna system operates at X-band with its bandwidth 10 % and dual polarization is realized using dual slot feeding microstrip patch antenna and SPDT(Single Pole Double Through) switch. Array Structure is $16\times16$ triangular lattice structure and each array is composed of TR(Transmit & Receive) module with more than 40 dBm power. Each TR module includes digital attenuator and phase shifter so that antenna beam can be electronically steered over a scan angle$({\pm}60^{\circ})$. Measurement of antenna pattern is conducted using a near field chamber and the results coincide with the expected beam pattern. From these results, it can be convinced that this antenna can be used with control of beam steering and beam shaping.

Wind Tunnel Test of Aerodynamic Forces and Wind Pressures Acting on Muilti-layer Radom in Active Phased Array Radar (풍동실험을 통한 능동위상배열레이더에서 다층레이돔에 작용하는 공기력과 풍압의 실험적 연구)

  • Yim, Sung-Hwan;Kang, Kwang-Hee;Choi, Ji-Ho;Lee, Seung-Ho;Kwon, Soon-Duck
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.149-157
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we investigated the sensitivity of aerostatic force coefficients of multi-layer radom in the various wind speeds. The test was conducted in KOCED Wind Tunnel Center in Chonbuk National University, and wind speeds were in the range from 5 m/s to 26 m/s in order to determine the Reynolds number independence. The test results of present multi-layer radom were not affected by the Reynolds number, The maximum positive pressure coefficient was found to be 1.08 at the center of the front of the plane in angle of attack of 0 degree, the maximum negative pressure coefficient was -2.03 at the upper right corner in angle of attack of 120 degree, while maximum drag coefficient was 1.11 in angle of attack of 180 degree.

Development and Performance Compensation of the Extremely Stable Transceiver System for High Resolution Wideband Active Phased Array Synthetic Aperture Radar (고해상도 능동 위상 배열 영상 레이더를 위한 고안정 송수신 시스템 개발 및 성능 보정 연구)

  • Sung, Jin-Bong;Kim, Se-Young;Lee, Jong-Hwan;Jeon, Byeong-Tae
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.573-582
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, X-band transceiver for high resolution wideband SAR systems is designed and fabricated. Also as a technique for enhancing the performance, error compensation algorithm is presented. The transceiver for SAR system is composed of transmitter, receiver, switch matrix and frequency generator. The receiver especially has 2 channel mono-pulse structure for ground moving target indication. The transceiver is able to provide the deramping signal for high resolution mode and select the receive bandwidth for receiving according to the operation mode. The transceiver had over 300 MHz bandwidth in X-band and 13.3 dBm output power which is appropriate to drive the T/R module. The receiver gain and noise figure was 39 dB and 3.96 dB respectively. The receive dynamic range was 30 dB and amplitude imbalance and phase imbalance of I/Q channel was ${\pm}$0.38 dBm and ${\pm}$3.47 degree respectively. The transceiver meets the required electrical performances through the individual tests. This paper shows the pulse error term depending on SAR performance was analyzed and range IRF was enhanced by applying the compensation technique.

Analysis of Optimal Locations for Resource-Development Plants in the Arctic Permafrost Considering Surface Displacement: A Case Study of Oil Sands Plants in the Athabasca Region, Canada (지표변위를 고려한 북극 동토 지역의 자원개발 플랜트 건설 최적 입지 분석: 캐나다 Athabasca 지역의 오일샌드 플랜트 사례 연구)

  • Taewook Kim;YoungSeok Kim;Sewon Kim;Hyangsun Han
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.275-291
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    • 2023
  • Global warming has made the polar regions more accessible, leading to increased demand for the construction of new resource-development plants in oil-rich permafrost regions. The selection of locations of resource-development plants in permafrost regions should consider the surface displacement resulting from thawing and freezing of the active layer of permafrost. However, few studies have considered surface displacement in the selection of optimal locations of resource-development plants in permafrost region. In this study, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis using a range of geospatial information variables was performed to select optimal locations for the construction of oil-sands development plants in the permafrost region of southern Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, including consideration of surface displacement. The surface displacement velocity was estimated by applying the Small BAseline Subset Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar technique to time-series Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar images acquired from February 2007 to March 2011. ERA5 reanalysis data were used to generate geospatial data for air temperature, surface temperature, and soil temperature averaged for the period 2000~2010. Geospatial data for roads and railways provided by Statistics Canada and land cover maps distributed by the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation were also used in the AHP analysis. The suitability of sites analyzed using land cover, surface displacement, and road accessibility as the three most important geospatial factors was validated using the locations of oil-sand plants built since 2010. The sensitivity of surface displacement to the determination of location suitability was found to be very high. We confirm that surface displacement should be considered in the selection of optimal locations for the construction of new resource-development plants in permafrost regions.