The theory of Phased array and its applications
Glasgow College of UESTC 2017, Hongze YU
Introduction
In the freshman seminar last year, phased array was introduced by the professor, which intrigued me a lot. And this article basically focus on some fundamental ideas and the applications of this technology.
What is Phased array
A phased array means an electronically scanned array, a computer-controlled array of antennas which creates a beam of radio waves that can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving the antennas. In an array antenna, the radio frequency current from the transmitter is fed to the individual antennas with the correct phase relationship so that the radio waves from the separate antennas add together to increase the radiation in a desired direction, while cancelling to suppress radiation in undesired directions.
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