Project Title:

Improved Antenna for Synthetic-Aperture Radar Calibrator

08.14-0800
NAS7-1084
Improved Antenna for Synthetic-Aperture Radar
	Calibrator
Center for Remote Sensing
	P.O. Box 9244
	McLean, VA 22102
		Suman Ganguly
(703-848-0800)

Abstract:

	The goal for this project is an improved antenna for a SAR calibrator. The improvements
sought are low cross-polarization, low side-lobe, low cost and weight, and improved
stability. Numerical modeling will be applied to evaluate the performance of several
antenna configurations under realistic environments to determine the optimal antenna
configuration. A prototype will be constructed, and its performance will be measured
in a laboratory.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications: Improved antennas will lower the cost and improve
the performance of SAR transponders.