A software tool for active antenna radar performance analysis

The paper describes software for active antenna radar simulation. Cost and feasibility considerations impose dispersion tolerance between the numerous transmit and receive channels of an active antenna, so evaluation of global performance of the instrument becomes delicate. This tool allows an accurate calculation of transmitted and received signals through the antenna taking into account phase and amplitude distortions and dispersions withstood along the RF network distribution. Radiation pattern and impulse response express active antenna performance. First results are presented.<
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