Developing a Beam Former for Electronically Steered Antennas

There are several applications for phased arrays in Army communication systems. This spans frequency bands ranging from UHF to Ka bands and performance requirements that include single and multiple beams, various scanning speeds, and different polarizations. The radiating apertures can be planar, conformal, or segmented and distributed over multi-faceted structures. Examples include distributed apertures on military vehicles, conformal aperture on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aircraft body, an antenna on an elevated post or tower on a stationary or mobile platform, and others.