Antenna system

• US 6,091,360 A
• Filed: 07/21/1998
• Issued: 07/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thales Nederland BV (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Hollandse Signaalapparaten BV (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Reits, Bernard Jozef
• Primary Examiner(s): Hellner, Mark
• Application Number:
  US09/119,620
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 455/78, 455/295, 342/368, 342/373, 342/378, 342/383, 342/198, 342/59
• US Class Current: 342/368
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/038 Feedthrough nulling circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/523 between antennas of an array
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/525 between emitting and receiving antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/0025 Modular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/26 varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture H01Q3/12, H01Q3/22, H01Q3/24 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/126 having multiple inputs, e.g. auxiliary antenna for receiving interfering signal aerials in general H01Q

Abstract

The invention relates to a multi-face phased array antenna. To prevent crosstalk between the individual faces, each face comprises two cancellers, each of which cancels the crosstalk from an adjacent face. To this end, each canceller receives a reference signal from an adjacent face and is provided with a quadrature mixer and a vector modulator.

Claims

1. Phased array radar antenna system, comprising at least two phased array antenna faces, both provided with an array of radiating elements, an array of T/R modules connected to the array of radiating elements, a summing network for the summation of output signals of the array of T/R modules and a control unit for the generation of control signals for the individual antenna faces, characterized in that each antenna face is provided with at least one canceller for at least substantially cancelling crosstalk signals produced by the at least one remaining antenna face, that a first input of the canceller is connected to the summing network that a second input of the canceller is connected to the controlled unit to enable the reception of control signals and that an output signal of the canceller is connected to the summator together with an output signal of the summing network.

2. Phased array antenna system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the canceller is provided with a quadrature detector, two low-pass filters, two amplifiers and a vector modulator and that the two amplifiers are provided with a hold input.

3. Phased array antenna system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the control signals received by the second input are derived from a signal transmitted by the at least one remaining antenna face.