12 - 15 October 2010

   
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Preliminary Technical Program

 

Message from the Technical Program Chair, Dr. Alan J. Fenn, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

 

 

Tuesday, 10/12/10

 

7:30 AM Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Tutorial Session I

8:00

Antenna Array Digital Beam Forming

Dr. Hans Steyskal, Consultant, AFRL
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B

8:00

Advanced Radar Digital Signal Processing

Dr. John Ball, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom C

8:00

Phased Array Radar Trade-Offs; Performance-Driven Specifications; and “Back-of-the-Envelope” Performance Estimation

Mr. Thomas W. Jeffrey, Raytheon
Location: Emerson Room

8:00

T/R Module Design and Calibration

Dr. William H. Weedon, Applied Radar, Inc.

Dr. Leonard Johnson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Dr. Douglas J. Carlson, M/A-COM Technology Solutions
Location: Lincoln Room

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Student Tutorial followed by Student Lunch

10:00

Snoopy on Arrays, and Einstein Duality’s Theory
Dr. Eli Brookner, Raytheon
Location: Alcott Room (Mezzanine)

11:30

Student Luncheon with Mentors, Student Poster Session

Location for lunch: Concord Room

Student posters will be displayed in the upper foyer

1:30 - 2:20 PM Introduction and Keynote
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B & C

1:30
Introduction
Mark E. Russell, Conference General Chair, Raytheon Company
1:45
Keynote Speaker
Dennis J. Picard, Chairman Emeritus, Raytheon Company
2:15
Introduction to Technical Program
Dr. Alan J. Fenn, Technical Program Chair, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

2:20 - 5:50 PM Session 1: Plenary Session
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B & C
Session Chair: Eli Brookner, Raytheon

2:20

Micro-coaxial Micro-fabricated Feeds for Phased Array Antennas

Prof. Zoya Popovic, University of Colorado

2:40

AMSAR - A France-UK-Germany Success Story in Active-array Radar

Dr. Jean-Luc Milin, DGA Information Superiority

3:00

Progress of Phased Array Systems in Japan

Dr. Isamu Chiba, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

3:20
BREAK
3:50

Million Element ISIS Array

Mr. Tim Clark and Dr. Esko Jaska, DARPA/STO (to be presented by Dr. Brent Appleby, DARPA/STO Deputy Director)

4:10

Gap Free CONUS Surveillance using Dense Networks of Short Range Radars

Prof. David McLaughlin, UMass Amherst

4:30

Phased Array Systems and Technologies in SELEX-Sistemi Integrati: State of Art and New Challenges

Dr. A. Farina, Selex, Italy

4:50

Programs at MDA

Mr. Fred McKeen, Missile Defense Agency, MDA, on leave from Georgia Tech

5:10

Digital Array Radar (DAR)

Prof. William J. Chappell, Purdue University

5:30

Never Ending Saga of Phased Array Breakthroughs

Dr. Eli Brookner, Raytheon

6:30 - 8:30 PM WIE and Symposium Welcome Reception
6:30
Women In Engineering and Symposium Welcome Reception
Keynote Address: Prof. Barbara Liskov
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B & C

Wednesday, October 13

 

7:30 AM Registration

8:00 - 12:00 Noon Poster Session 1

7:30 - 8:00 AM Setup :: 8:00 - 12:00 Posters :: 12:00 - 12:30 Tear Down

Location: Upper Foyer

The Fundamental Input/Output Structure of a Linear, Time-Varying Array Receiver

Jeffrey Coleman, Naval Research Laboratory

 

Kinematic and Geometric Constraints on the Observations of the Transmitted Beam from a Moving Phased Array

Richard Fauconier, Raytheon

 

Ultrawideband VHF/UHF Dipole Array Antenna

Alan Fenn, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

 

Algorithms for Mitigation of Impulsive Interference by Adaptive Cancelation in Phased Array Radar Applications

Daniel Marshall, Raytheon

 

Nonlinear Kalman Filtering for Self-Calibration of Airborne Arrays

Renjian Zhao, Raytheon

 

Efficient Phased Array Calibration and Characterization Based on Orthogonal Coding: Theory and Experimental Validation

Erik Lier, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

 

Grating Lobe Reduction in a Limited Scanning Digital Beamforming Array through Superstrate

Wei-Xing Sheng, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

 

Analog Beamspace Super-Resolution Radar Processing

Kai-Bor Yu, Lockheed Martin MS2

 

Some Theoretical Experimental Results on Compact Ka-Band Active Phased Array Antenna

Salvatore Cimmino, MBDA Italia

 

Parameter Estimation of Moving Target Based on Linearly Constrained Space-Time Adaptive Monopulse Technique

Renbiao Wu, Civil Aviation University of China

 

1:00 - 5:00 PM Poster Session 2
12:30 - 1:00 PM Setup ::
1:00 - 5:00 PM Posters :: 5:00 - 5:30 Tear Down
Location: Upper Foyer

An Experimental Study of Acoustic Distributed Beamforming Using Round-Trip Carrier Synchronization

D. Richard Brown III, WPI ECE Dept.

 

Optimized Amplitude Taper for a Linear Array of Multiple True-Time-Delay Beams

Junwei Dong, Microwave Engineering Corporation

 

EVM Performance Evaluation of Array Channels' Amplitude and Phase Errors for DBF Phased Array Antennas

Huali Wang, Institute of Communications Engineering, PLAUST

 

Genetic Algorithms based Pattern Correction with Array Elements' Failure

Huali Wang, Institute of Communications Engineering, PLAUST

 

ADS-Based Y-Shaped Arrays for Interferometry and Radio Astronomy Applications

Giacomo Oliveri, DISI, University of Trento, Italy

 

Analysis of a Novel MIMO System for Security Applications

Francesco Belfiori, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

 

Bandwidth Assignment for Target Tracking in Coherent Distributed Aperture Radar Networks

Leonid Naimark, Applied Radar, Inc.

 

Strict Analysis of Scattering Characteristics of Van Atta Electromagnetic Reflector's 2D Model

Alexander Yukhanov, CQG, Inc.

 

A Cognitive Beamforming Array

Yikun Huang, Montana State University

 

Array Antenna Pattern Synthesis Using Measured Active Element Patterns and Gram - Schmidt Orthogonalization

Erdinc Ercil, ASELSAN

Session 2: Array Design I
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B
Session Chairs: Ellen J. Ferraro, Raytheon; Neil Chamberlain, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology
8:00

Phase-Only Tapers for Regular Planar Arrays, a Heuristic Nonlinear-FM Approach

Jeffrey Coleman, Naval Research Laboratory

 

8:20

Phased Array Flatness Effects on Antenna System Performance

Elena Zaitsev, Technology Service Corporation

8:40

Anomalous NFR Grating Lobes and Leakage Beams: Causes and Solutions

Joseph Mulcahey, Raytheon

9:00

A Novel Phase-Only Excitation Law for Omnidirectional Arrays

Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Center

9:20

Antenna Array Pattern Synthesis with Maximum Directivity and Upper Bound on Side Lobe Level

Giovanni Petraglia, MBDA Italia

9:40

Efficient Beam Pointing Algorithm for Phased Arrays with Low Phase Shifter Control

Matteo Ciattaglia, Selex Sistemi Integrati S.p.A.

10:00
BREAK
10:30

Geodesic Dome Phased Array Antenna (GDPAA) Advanced Technology Demonstration Overview and Results

Monte Henderson, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation

10:50

RF on Flex Tile for L Band Phased Arrays

Anthony Jacomb-Hood, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

11:10

Accurate Insertion Loss Measurements of the Juno Patch Array Antennas

Neil Chamberlain, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

11:30

Low-Profile Ultra-Wide Band Antenna Array Element Suitable for Wide Scan Angle and Modular Subarray Architecture

Leopoldo Infante, Selex - Sistemi Integrati S.p.A.

11:50

Closed Form Expression for Antenna Patterns of the Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub

Brad Porter, Raytheon

Session 3: Radar I
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom C
Session Chairs: Bill Weedon, Applied Radar; Ollie Allen, NAVAIR
8:00

Electronic Protection for Digital Shared Aperture Array Radar

Earl Turner, Lockheed Martin

8:20

Light Weight Digital Array SAR

Matern Otten, TNO Defense, Security and Safety

8:40

CASA Phase-Tilt Radar System - A Phased Array Weather Radar System Architecture

Anthony Hopf, University of Massachusetts

9:00

Development of a Low-Cost, Man-Portable, Phased Array X-Band Radar

Douglas Bajgot, Cobham

9:20

System Considerations for Passive Radar with GSM Illuminators

Ulrich Nickel, Fraunhofer Institute for Communications, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE)

10:00
BREAK
10:30

Cognitive Phased-array Radar for Target Tracking

Simon Haykin, McMaster University

10:50

Temporal Phased Arrays for Radar

Howard Zebker, Stanford University

11:10

Scanning Performance of the CASA Phase-Tilt Radar Antenna Array

Jorge Salazar, University of Massachusetts

11:30

Electronic Scan Principle for Weather Radars: Space-time Characterization Model

Cuong Nguyen, Colorado State University

Session 4: Special Session - T/R Modules
Location: Emerson Room
Session Chairs: Ron Gyurcsik, Raytheon; Nicholas Kolias, Raytheon
8:00

Digital Beamforming Using Highly Integrated Receiver on Chip Modules

Matthew Longbrake, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB

 

8:20

A Full-Duplex, Multi-Channel Transmit/Receive Module for an S-Band Satellite Communications Phased Array

Sarjit Bharj, Princeton Technology Microwave, Inc.

8:40

Development of an X-band Phased Array Antenna Using Multilayer Circuit Board Architecture

Will Theunissen, Lockheed Martin

9:00

AESA Physical Architectures

Craig McCordic, Raytheon

9:20

Low-Loss, MEMS Based, Broadband Phase Shifters

John Maciel, Radant MEMS, Inc.

9:40

A Silicon-based, All Passive, 60GHz, 4-Element, Phased-Array Beamformer Featuring a Differential, Reflection-Type Phase Shifter

Alberto Valdes-Garcia, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

10:00
BREAK
10:30

Low Noise, Low Power Dissipation mHEMT-based Amplifiers for Phased Array Applications

Paul Blount, Custom MMIC Design Services

 

10:50

T/R Module for CASA Phase-Tilt Radar Antenna Array

Rafael Medina, University of Massachusetts

11:10

Transmit/Receive Module Technology and Related Multi-Function Active Radars (MFARs) in Selex-Sistemi Integrati

Marco Tarantino, Selex-Sistemi Integrati

11:30

Highly Dense Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Phased Array T/R Modules and Butler Matrices Using CMOS and SiGe RFICs

Gabriel Rebeiz, The University of California, San Diego

12:00

X-Band Transmit/Receive Module MMIC Chip-Set Based on Emerging GaN and SiGe Technologies

Diego Carosi, SELEX Sistemi Integrati

Session 5: Beamforming/Calibration I
Location: Cambridge Room
Session Chairs: Herbert M. Aumann, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lihyeh Liou, Air Force Research Laboratory
8:00

A Quantitative Analysis of How Phase Errors Affect the Beam Quality of Phased Arrays

Sascha Schediwy, University of Oxford

 

8:20

Some Design Considerations for DBF Phased Array 3D Radar System

Ting Shu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

 

8:40

Algorithm for the Signal-to-Noise Computation for Phased Array Calibration Measurements

Victor Sinyansky, Raytheon

9:00

Digital Wideband Phased Array Calibration and Beamforming Using Time Reversal Technique

Lihyeh Liou, AFRL/RYDR

9:20

Accurate Antenna Pattern Modelling for Spaceborne Active Phased Array Antennas

Markus Bachmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Microwave and Radar Institute

9:40

Overlapped Subarray Technology for Array Antennas Implemented with a Low Index Metamaterial Lens

Erik Lier, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

Session 6: Measurements/Testing
Location: Lincoln Room
Session Chair: Mike Sarcione, Raytheon
8:00

Phased Array Calibration and Diagnostics Utilizing a Student-Built Planar Near-Field System

John T. Logan, III, University of Rhode Island, USA, Applied Radar, Inc., USA

8:20

Assembling, Calibrating and Testing a Phased Array in Two Separate Halves

Benjamin Caplan, Raytheon

8:40

A Bipolar Planar Near-Field Measurement System for Compact Millimeter-wave Antenna Arrays

Timothy Brockett, University of California

9:00
In Situ Array Antenna Diagnosis using Microwave Circular Holography
Jean-Jacques Nicolas, NAMSA Capellen, Luxembourg
9:20

Antenna Array Diagnostics In Situ: Experimental Results Using Microwave Circular Holography

Jean-Jacques Nicolas, NAMSA Capellen, Luxembourg

9:40

Automated System for Measurement and Characterization of Planar Active Array

Miguel Salas Natera, Universidad politecnica de Madrid, Grupo de Radiacion

Luncheon 12:20 - 1:30
Various Locations: Cambridge Room, Lincoln Room, Concord Room (Basement)
Session 7: Radar II
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B
session Chairs: Duane Matthiesen, Technia Consulting; Eli Brookner, Raytheon
1:30

Efficient Beam Scanning, Energy Allocation, and Time Allocation for Search and Detection

Duane Matthiesen, Technia Consulting, USA

1:50

Analyzing SAR Ambiguities in the u-v Plane

Mark Leifer, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation

2:10

Design of a Pattern Null Reconfigurable Antenna

Siwen Yong, University of Illinois

2:30

The DESDyn1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Array-Fed Reflector Antenna

Neil Chamberlain, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

2:50

Polarimetric Phased Array Radar: Conformal Concepts for Antenna Cross-polarization Isolation

Michele Galletti, NOAA-NSSL

3:10

An S-band Ultrawideband Time Reversal-based RADAR for Imaging in Cluttered Media

Lucio Bellmomo, Universite du Sud Toulon-Var, France

3:30
BREAK
4:00

Mode-Selective Over-the-Horizon Radar: Experimental Results for One-Way Transmission

Gordon Frazer, ISR Division, DSTO, Australia

4:20

MIMO Radar Joint Estimation of Target Location and Velocity with Multi-subcarrier Signals

Min Jiang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Session 8: Array Design II
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom C
Session Chairs: David C. Mooradd, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Deb Chatterjee, University of Missouri
1:30

Source-Proximity Limitations in High-Frequency Code Solvers for Modeling Conformal Cylindrical Arrays

S.D. Walker, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
Deb Chatterjee, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA

1:50

Self Tapered Array Lattice for High Efficiency Transmit and Receive Applications

Andy Shroyer, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation

2:10

Demonstration of Accurate Prediction of PAVE PAWS Embedded Element Gain

Eli Brookner, Raytheon

2:30

Digital Beamforming in a Large Conformal Phased Array Antenna for Satellite Operations Support - Architecture, Design and Development

Hoon Ahn, Wireless Technology Associates, Inc.

2:50

Detection in Collision Avoidance Radar Using Active versus Passive Phased Arrays

Amir Zaghloul, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

3:10

Finite Element Analysis of Phased-Array Antennas

Jianming Jin, University of Illinois

3:30
BREAK
4:00

Design Aspects and Pattern Prediction for Phased Arrays with Subarray Position Errors

Maria Lanne, Saab Microwave Systems, Sweden

4:20

SAGE and Maximum Entropy Algorithmic Comparison for Adaptive Antenna Array Calibration

Ingenieria y Servicios Aeroespaciales

4:50

A Novel Edge Wall Waveguide Slot Antenna

Doganay Dogan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Session 9: Wideband and Multifunction I
Location: Emerson Room
Session Chairs: Jeffrey S. Herd, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; J.J. Lee, Raytheon
1:30

Low Cost Multifunction Phased Array Radar Concept

Jeffrey Herd, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

1:50

Concurrent Multifunction Transmit and Receive Applications with Dynamic Filtering

Trevor Snow, Purdue University

2:10

Low-Profile Wideband Phased Array Antenna with Integrated Balun

Justin Kasemodel, The Ohio State University

2:30

Multi-Functional Broadband Arrays for UHF through S-Band Electronic Warfare

Dejan Filipovic, University of Colorado

2:50

A Wide Band Low Profile Dual-pol "Thumbtack" Array

J.J. Lee, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

3:10

Design and Modeling of Finite and Low-Profile, Ultra-Wideband Phased-Array Antennas

Douglas Riley, Northrop Grumman Corporation

3:30
BREAK
4:00

Scalable Multifunction RF System Concepts for Joint Operations

Matern Otten, TNO Defense, Security and Safety

4:40

Performance Study of an Ultra Wideband Multifunction Phased Array

Mario LaManna, SELEX Sistemi Integrati

Session 10: Communications Systems
Location: Cambridge Room
Session Chairs: Stephen D. Targonski, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Alan Rohwer, Raytheon
3:00

Iridium Main Mission Antennas - A Phased Array Success Story and Mission Update

Alan Rohwer, Raytheon

3:20

Design and Implementation of a Low Cost Adaptive Antenna System for Mobile Satellite Communication

Pedram Mousavi, Intelwaves Technologies, LTD, Canada

3:40

L-Band Phased Array for Maritime Satcom

Matthias Geissler, IMST, GmbH, Germany

4:00

A Discrete Aperiodic Active Lens for Multibeam Satellite Applications

Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency, The Netherlands

4:20

Printed Antenna for Satellite Communications

Manuel Sierra-Perez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

4:40

Dual and Single Aperture Ku-Band Transmit/Receive Hybrid Phased Array

Stefano Vaccaro, JAST SA

Session 11: MIMO Array Systems
Location: Lincoln Room
Session Chairs: Shakti K. Davis, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Gregory Charvat, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
3:00

An Ultrawideband (UWB) Switched-Antenna-Array Radar Imaging System

Gregory Charvat, MIT Lincoln Laboratory / Michigan State University USA

3:20

Real-time Through-wall Imaging Using an Ultrawideband Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Phased Array Radar System

Tyler Ralston, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA

3:40

MIMO Polarization Diversity Antenna with Ultra-wide Bandwidth and Small Size

Paul Elliott, The MITRE Corporation, USA

4:00

Beam Pattern Optimisation for Sub-Arrayed MIMO Radar for Large Arrays

David Wilcox, Queen's University of Belfast, Ireland

4:20

MIMO Radar for Sense and Avoid for UAV

Stephane Kemkemian, Thales Airborne Systems, France

2010 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology
Reception and Banquet

 

6:00 - 7:00 PM Reception
Location: Lower Foyer

 

7:00 - 10:00 PM Banquet
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B&C

Thursday,  October 14

 

7:30 AM Registration

8:00 - 12:00 Noon Poster Session 3

7:30 - 8:00 AM Setup :: 8:00 - 12:00 Posters :: 12:00 - 12:30 Tear Down

Location: Upper Foyer

Wideband Multi-beam Photonics-based Beamformer

Yanyan Liu, Agiltron Incorporation

 

Broadband Planar Traveling-Wave Arrays (TWA) with 2-D Elements

Johnson J.H. Wang, Wang Electro-Opto Corporation (WEO)

 

DOA Estimation Using Cross-Correlation Matrix

Heng-Ming Tai, University of Tulsa

 

Low-Profile Dual-Polarized UHF Array Antenna

Alan Fenn, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

 

Platform Effects, Convex Programming and Adaptive Beamforming in The Synthesis of Passive Coherent Location Radar Array

Michele D'Urso, SELEX-Sistemi Integrati, Italy

 

Linear Phase Shifter Modeling and Simulation: Confirmation of Experimental Characterization

Mohamed Ould Elhassen, CIRTACOM, SUPCOM, Tunisia

 

Ka-band Hybrid Phase Shifter for Analog Phase Shift Range Extension using 0.13-um CMOS Technology

Won-Gyum Kim, Guang-Ju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

 

Photonics for Phased Array Systems

Ed Ackerman, Photonics Systems, Inc.

 

Fast Analysis of Conformal Aperiodic Arrays on CPUs and GPUs

Angelo Liseno, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy

1:00 - 5:00 PM Poster Session 4
12:30 - 1:00 PM Setup ::
1:00 - 5:00 PM Posters :: 5:00 - 5:30 Tear Down
Location: Upper Foyer

Efficient Approach for Fast Synthesis of Phased Arrays with the Aid of a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and a Smart Feed Representation

Artem Boriskin, Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics NAS Ukraine

 

Array Factor Approximation Using Physical Optics and Simple Line Integration

Douglas Colvin, Raytheon

 

The Application of an extended 3D Deterministic Approach to Signal Estimation using 2-D Array

Xiaomin Lin, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Syracuse University

 

STAP Compensation Technique Based on Homomorphic Filtering in GPS

Rulan Xu, Civil Aviation University of China

 

Design on Uniform Aperture Field Distribution of Slit Array Planar Antenna Consisting of Copper-foil-coated Dielectric Substrate by Taking Account of Slab Modes at 60 GHz

Futoshi Kuroki, Kure National College of Technology, Japan

Session 12: Special Session on Widefield Radio Astronomy Arrays
Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B
Session Chairs: Wim van Cappellen, ASTRON; Jonathan P. Towle, Raytheon
8:00

Wideband Planar Phased Arrays for the Square Kilometre Array

David Zhang, University of Manchester, USA

8:20

Design and Implementation of the MWA Antenna Tile and Beamformer Subsystem
Colin Lonsdale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

8:40

Active Impedance Matching, Calibration, and Interference Mitigation for the BYU/NRAO L-Band Phased Array Feed

Karl Warnick, Brigham Young University, USA

9:00

Development of Cryogenic Phased Array Feeds for Radio Astronomy Antennas

Roger Norrod, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA

9:20

Development of an Astronomy-Ready Phased-Array Feed

Bruce Veidt, National Research Council, Government of Canada

9:40

The LOFAR Phased Array Telescope System

Andre Gunst, ASTRON, The Netherlands

10:00
BREAK
10:30

APERTIF: Phased Array Feeds for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Wim van Cappellen, ASTRON

10:50

Phased Array Feed Testing for Astronomy with ASKAP

Aaron Chippendale, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia

Session 13: Beamforming/Calibration II

Location: Eden Vale Ballroom C
Session Chair: Peter T. Hurst, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

8:00

Integrated Eight Element Ku Band Transmit/Receive Beamformer Chipset for Low-Cost Commercial Phased Array Antennas

Karl Warnick, Brigham Young University

8:20

A Novel Phase-Shifterless Beam Steering Method for RF Phase Arrays Using Monolithic 1-D Coupled-VCOs with Integrated MOSFET Switches

Donald Lie, Texas Tech University

8:40

Spread Spectrum Digital Beamforming (SSDBF) Radar

Marcos Bergamo, Applied Radar, Inc.

9:00

Electronically Reconfigurable Aperture (ERA): A New Approach for Beam-Steering Technology

Vladimir Manasson, Sierra Nevada Corporation

9:20

High-Performance Signal Processing for Phased Arrays in Radio Astronomy: Implementing Beamforming Algorithms on Massively Multicore Array Processors

Richard Armstrong, University of Oxford

9:40

A Digital Broadband Beamforming Architecture for 2-PAD

Richard Armstrong, University of Oxford

10:00
BREAK
10:30

OSKAR: Simulating Digital Beamforming for the SKA Aperture Array

Benjamin Mort, University of Oxford

10:50

Precise Calibration Techniques for Complex SAR Systems Based on Active Phased Array Antennas

Marco Schwerdt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Microwaves and Radar Institute

11:10

Active Reconfigurable Reflectarray based on Voltage-controlled Oscillators

Apostolos Georgiadis, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya

Session 14: Special Session on Overlapped Subarrays and Non-Regular Arrays

Location: Emerson Room
Session Chairs: Robert J. Mailloux, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency

8:00

Nature-Inspired Techniques for the Synthesis of Aperiodic Ultra-Wideband Phased Arrays

Douglas Werner, The Pennsylvania State University

8:20

Results of X-Band Electronically Scanned Array Using an Overlapped Subarray Architecture

Sean Duffy, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

8:40

A Combined Amplitude-Density Synthesis Approach for the Design of Linear Aperiodic Arrays

Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Center

9:00

Grating Lobe Suppession in Phased Arrays Composed of Identical or Similiar Rectangular Subarrays

Yury Krivosheev, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

9:20

Shaping of the Flat-Topped Element Patterns in Arrays of Stepped Horns with Dielectric Protrusions Excited by TEM Waves

Sergei Skobelev, Radiophyzika

9:40

Analytic Techniques for the Design of Non-Regular Arrays

Andrea Massa, DISI, University of Trento, Italy

10:00
BREAK
10:30

Array Aperture Design Using Irregular Polyomino Subarrays

Robert Mailloux, University of Massachusetts Amherst

10:50

On the Importance of Sub-array Design in the Suppression of Undesirable Grating Lobes

Yahya Rahmat-Samii, University of California

11:10

Floquet Model Based Analysis of Interlaced Subarrays

Arun Bhattacharyya, Northrop Grumman Corporation

11:30

On the Optimal Synthesis of Shaped Beam Sparse Arrays having Uniform Amplitude Excitations

Tommaso Isernia, DIMET, Universita Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy

11:50

On the Minimal Number of Elements in Array Antennas for Given Far Field Performances

Michele D'Urso, CRG - Giugliano Research Center, SELEX Sistemi Integrati, Italy

Session 15: Active Electronically Scanned Arrays

Location: Cambridge Room
Session Chairs: Pamela R. Evans, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Gregory Sadowy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology

8:00

UAVSAR Active Electronically-Scanned Array

Gregory Sadowy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

8:20

UK Airborne AESA Technology Development -The Next Generation

Stephen Moore, DSTL, United Kingdom

8:40

SE-IT Joint M-AESA Program: Overview and Status

Aziz Ouacha, FOI, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden

9:00

Toward Common Radar & EW Multifunction Active Arrays

Stephane Kemkemian, Thales Airborne Systems, France

9:20

A Family of G-Band Active Electronically Scanned Arrays for Radar Applications

Stefano Mosca, Selex-Sistemi-Integrati, Italy

9:40

Wideband Array Antenna System Development

Maria Lanne, Saab Microwave Systems, Sweden

Session 16: Array Design III

Location: Lincoln Room
Session Chairs: Boris Tomasic, US Air Force Research Laboratory; Stephen Dunyk, Lockheed Martin

8:00

Polarization Isolation Limit for Dual-Polarized Phased Array Systems

Tom Sikina, Raytheon

8:20

Reordered Lattices for Phased Array Antennas

Tom Sikina, Raytheon, USA

8:40

A Scalable, Low Cost Architecture for High Gain Beamforming Antennas

Omar Bakr, University of California, Berkeley, USA

9:00

A 24 GHz Modular Phased Array Based on Extended ResonanceTechnique

Danial Ehyaie, The University of Michigan, USA

9:20

High Performance Low Profile Aperture Coupled Dielectrically Loaded Waveguide Radiating Element for Application to Mobile Phased Array Radars with Wide Angle Coverage

Stephen Dunyk, Lockheed Martin, USA

9:40

A Phased Array Simulation Tool for Synthesized Array Factor having Multiple Beams and Multiple Nulls

Mathieu Caillet, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada

Luncheon 12:20 - 1:20 PM

Various Locations: Cambridge Room, Lincoln Room, Concord Room (Basement)

Session 17: Beamforming/Calibration III

Location: Eden Vale Ballroom B
Session Chair: Wajih Elsallal, Rockwell Collins, Inc.

1:30

A Tray Based Rotman Lens Array with Beamforming in Two Dimensions for Millimeter-Wave Radar

Lora Schulwitz, General Dynamics, Michigan Research and Development Center

1:50

Phased Array Digital Beamforming Hardware Development at Applied Radar

Bill Weedon, Applied Radar, Inc.

2:10

Considerations on the Calibration of Panelized Polarimetric Phased Array Radar Antennas: A Case Study

Caleb Fulton, Purdue University

2:30

A SiGe-based Ku-band Digital Beamforming Array for High Speed On-The-Move Comm/Radar System

Wajih Elsallal, Rockwell Collins, Inc.

2:50

Beam Pattern Optimization in Time-Modulated Linear Arrays

Paolo Rocca, DISI, University of Trento, Italy

3:10

Monopulse Compromise Arrays - A Review

Paolo Rocca, DISI, University of Trento, Italy

3:30
BREAK
4:00

A Review Paper on Beamforming Techniques for Large-N Aperture Arrays

Kristian Zarb-Adami, The LOFAR Consortium

4:20

Nonreciprocal Coupling Network for Beam Steering Coupled Oscillator Arrays

Jose Martinez-Lopez, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Session 18: Wideband and Multifunction II

Location: Eden Vale Ballroom C
Session Chairs: Brett Pigon, Harris Corporation; Walker Hunsicker, Georgia Institute of Technology

1:30

System Design of Wide Band, Wide Scanning, Receive Phased Array Antennas for Interference Considerations

Walt Whybrew, Harris Corporation, GCSD
Brett Pigon, Harris Corporation

1:50

Predicting Nonlinear Behavior in Receive Phased Array Antennas

Brett Pigon, Harris Corporation

2:10

Integration of an X-Band Microstrip Patch Array and Beamformer for a Multifunction Antenna Array

Walker Hunsicker, Georgia Institute of Technology

2:30

Connected Arrays of Dipoles for Broad Band, Wide Angle Scanning, Dual Polarization Applications: A Novel Solution to the Common Mode Problem

Daniele Cavallo, TNO Defence, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

2:50

A LTCC Substrate Integrated Waveguide Phased Array for 60 GHz Wireless Applications

Bahram Sanadgol, IMST GmbH, Germany

3:10

All-Digital Wideband Space-Frequency Beamforming for the SKA Aperture Array

Vassily Khlebnikov, University of Oxford

3:30

A Wideband Faceted Multibeam Antenna

Ronny Gunnarsson, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden

Session 19: Array Design IV

Location: Emerson Room
Session Chairs: Hans Steyskal, Consultant, AFRL; Sean Duffy, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

1:30

Wide Angle Impedance Matching Techniques for Volumetrically Scanned Phased Arrays

Tom Sikina, Raytheon

1:50

A New Approach to Design Low Cost, Low Complexity Phased Arrays

Danial Ehyaie, The University of Michigan

2:10

Novel Right-Angle Transition for Phased Array Antennas

Bruce Blaser, IMAPS Member

2:30

Dense Transmit and Receive Phased Arrays

Chen-Pang Yeang, University of Toronto, Canada

2:50

Sidelobe Optimization of Skobelev Networks

Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency

3:10

Design of Realistic Phased Array Patch Elements Using a Genetic Algorithm

Hans Steyskal, Consultant, AFRL

3:30
BREAK
4:00

Optically Controlled Phased Array Antenna using Spatial Light Modulator

Hideo Sumiyoshi, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

4:20

Aperiodic Arrays for Spaceborne SAR Applications

Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency, The Netherlands

4:40

Innovative Array System Architectures: design, analysis and optimization

Michele D'Urso, Giugliano Research Center, Italy

Session 20: Adaptive Arrays

Location: Cambridge Room
Session Chair: Alan J. Fenn, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

3:00

Adaptive Null-Steered Interference-Rejection for A Mobile Satellite Receiver

Randall Musselman, US Air Force Academy

3:20

An Efficient Parallel Algorithm for Robust Adaptive Beamforming Based on LCMV

Wei-Xing Sheng, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

3:40

Effects of Quantized Element Weights on Synthesized Array Factors Including One Beam and One Prescribed Null

Mathieu Caillet, Royal Military College of Canada

 

4:00

Simplified Phase-Control Technique for Interference Suppressions in Phased Array Antennas

Tomohiro Takahashi, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

4:20

Hamiltonian Algorithm with Momentum Attenuation for Adaptive Beamforming of ESPAR Antenna

Jun Ozawa, Doshisha University

4:40

Dynamic Thinning Strategy for Adaptive Nulling in Planar Antenna Arrays

Paolo Rocca, DISI, University of Trento, Italy

Session 21: Direction Finding Arrays

Location: Lincoln Room
Session Chairs: Catherine M. Keller, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Nathan Wilkins, 328 ARSG Eglin AFB

3:00

Frequency Invariant Electro-Magnetic Source Location Using True Time Delay Beam Space Processing

Nathan Wilkins, 328 ARSG Eglin AFB

3:20

AOA Estimation of Two Narrowband Signals Using Interferometry

Peter Ly, Defence Science and Technology Organisation

3:40

On DOA Estimation of Vibrating Antenna Arrays

Harmen Schippers, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, The Netherlands

4:00

High Resolution Techniques for Fast Acquisition of Satellite Signals

Alberto Anton, Ingenieria y Servicios Aerospaciales

4:20

Acoustic Tracking of Aircraft Using a Circular Microphone Array Sensor

Carl-Inge Nilsen, University of Oslo

4:40

Evaluation of Bias Errors in Positioning a Radio Transmitter with a Lot of Interference Waves

Toshihiro Wada, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

Friday,  October 15

 

7:30 AM Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Tutorial Session II

8:00

Phased-Arrays: Basics, Past Accomplishments, Amazing Breakthroughs and Future Trends

Dr. Eli Brookner, Raytheon
Location: Emerson Room

8:00

Adaptive Processing Utilizing a Single Snapshot of Data

Professor Tapan Sarkar, Syracuse University
Location: Cambridge Room

8:00

Electronic Scanned Array (ESA) Design

Mr. John Williams, Aerospace Corporation
Location: Lincoln Room

8:00

Phased Array Antenna Measurements

Dr. Doren W. Hess, MI Technologies

Dr. Alan J. Fenn, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Mr. Dayel Garneski, Raytheon
Dr. Charles J. Kryzak, Lockheed Martin
Location: Alcott (Mezzanine)

Luncheon for Tutorial Attendees 12:15 - 1:15 PM
Symposium Adjourned 1:30 PM

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