Procedure of the technical state control, tuning and calibration of APAA

Volodymyr I. Gouz; V. I. Markov; A. A. Zaytsev; O. B. Filonenko

doi:10.3103/S0735272712010050

Authors

Volodymyr I. Gouz "Kvant-Radiolokatsiya" Research Institute, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9278-1542
V. I. Markov "Kvant-Radiolokatsiya" Research Institute, Ukraine
A. A. Zaytsev "Kvant-Radiolokatsiya" Research Institute, Ukraine
O. B. Filonenko "Kvant-Radiolokatsiya" Research Institute, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3103/S0735272712010050

Keywords:

active phased array antenna, built-in control system, tuning procedure, interaction of radiators during scanning, phase shifters, complex transfer ratio, phase and amplitude corrections, phase shift

Abstract

The technological aspects of the factory tuning and debugging of the built-in control and calibration system have been considered with due regard for the peculiarities of the hardware implementation and operating conditions of APAA.

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