Evolutionary Trends in True Time Delay Line Technologies for Timed Array Radars

Defence science journal

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K. Sreenivasulu¹  Dr. K. P. RAY²  Dr. VENGDARAJAN³ 

[1] LRDE, Defence Reaserch and Development Organisaiton;Defence Institute of Advanced Technology;Electronics and Radar Development Establishment

关键词: True Time Delay;    Timed array;    MMIC;    T/R Modules;    Photonic Integrated Circuit;    UWB;    Phased array;    RFSOC;    FPGA;   

DOI  :  10.14429/dsj.72.17436

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre

【 摘 要 】

Timed array technology is rapidly evolving in multiple areas such as high resolution imaging radar, automotive, medical, high data rate communication applications etc. Timed arrays by utilising True Time Delay (TTD) lines in place of phase shifters mitigate beam squint and pulse dispersion issues associated with wide instantaneous bandwidth arrays. This paper presents on review of evolutionary trends in TTD line architectures starting from coaxial cable to photonic integrated circuit. The paper also reports on critical parameters of TTD lines, their importance and implication in design of typical X-band imaging radar. Comparison of different TTD line architectures in terms of configuration, implementation, merits and demerits are discussed in detail for wideband array application. The paper also brings out the integration aspects of TTD lines as part of T/R modules and proposes suitable design schemes towards performance optimization and realisation of timed arrays.

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