Advances in waveguide-fed slot arrays

Waveguide-fed slot arrays are employed in numerous radar, remote sensing, and communication applications in ground and space systems. Professor Elliott's significant contributions paved the way for the eventual maturity of the slot array antenna technology to the point that it is possible to design such systems in one pass without the need for any experimental data. The author worked in a research group headed by Prof. Elliott and centered at Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park, CA in the early eighties. Later the author collaborated with Elliott in the study of slot arrays for a decade with funding from the University of California and the Hughes Corporate office. Subsequent work was funded by many sponsors. This paper reviews the advances made in the field of slot arrays by the author in collaboration with colleagues and students.