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Space/time/frequency methods in adaptive radar - New Jersey ...

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12Figure 2.3 Real Aperture L<strong>in</strong>e AntennaFor coherent <strong>in</strong>tegration over a beamsegment W of constant ga<strong>in</strong>,Resolution is of <strong>in</strong>terest for total beam <strong>in</strong>tegration of a uniformly weighted antenna.For total beam <strong>in</strong>tegration dur<strong>in</strong>g the beam dwell <strong>time</strong> of a real antenna with anequivalent rectangular beamwidthA l<strong>in</strong>e antenna of length / is shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.3. This l<strong>in</strong>e represents anantenna that cont<strong>in</strong>uously <strong>in</strong>tegrates <strong>in</strong>cident radiated energy as if it were an <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>itenumber of array elements spaced <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>itesimally close to another. Radiation fromthe boresight direction to the l<strong>in</strong>e antenna will arrive at the same <strong>time</strong>, if the sourceis from an <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>ite range. This will be taken as zero phase. For radiation from offboresightangles, the arrival phase is a function of the distance along the antenna.

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