SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONICALLY CONFORMAL ARRAY ANALYSIS
Award amount
$196,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ATLANTIC AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A COMPUTATIONAL TOOL FOR THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF CONICALLY CONFORMAL ARRAY ANTENNAS IS TO BE DEVELOPED. THIS TOOL WILL BE BASED ON TWO ANALYTIC APPROACHES: (1) A HIGH-FREQUENCY ASYMPTOTIC (RAY) METHOD AND (2) AN EIGENEXCITATION (MODAL) TECHNIQUE. THE EFFECTS OF MUTUAL COUPLING, ARRAY EDGE CONTRIBUTIONS AND TIP DIFFRACTION WILL BE INCLUDED. THE RESULTING COMPUTER CODE WILL BE USED TO DESIGN A BASELINE ARRAY FOR WHICH IDENTIFIED PHASE II PARAMETRIC VARIATIONS CAN BE ANALYZED AND EMPIRICAL VALIDATIONS PERFORMED. AN INITIAL VALIDATION OF THIS BASELINE DESIGN AND ITS PREDICTED PERFORMANCE WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED USING AN EXISTING MOMENT METHOD CODE.
Technology keywords
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