Reflector effects on the performance of a retrodirective antenna array

Vincent Fusco; Carol Roy; S.L. Karode

doi:10.1109/8.865228

Reflector effects on the performance of a retrodirective antenna array

Vincent Fusco, Carol Roy, S.L. Karode

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This paper presents modeling strategies to determine the operating characteristics of a heterodyne phase-conjugate retrodirective Van Atta array in the presence of a plane reflector. The models used are based on physical and geometrical optics principles. Predictions of the operating characteristics of the array due to the close proximity of a plane metallic reflector are compared with experimental measurements. It is shown that provided the reflector is positioned at a distance greater than 1.25 times the separation distance between the transmitter and the retrodirective array its effect on the performance of the retrodirective array appears to be negligible.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	946-953
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	48
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/8.865228
Publication status	Published - Nov 2000

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Reflector effects on the performance of a retrodirective antenna array

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