EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Mar. 22, 2017 --  Phased-array antennas were first used in military radar systems to scan the radar beam quickly across the sky to detect planes and missiles. These systems are gaining in popularity for a variety of applications and new active electronically-scanned arrays (AESAs) are being used for radar systems in satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles.

As these systems are deployed in new and novel ways, size and performance requirements are becoming critical and are being addressed through innovative architectures and system capabilities made possible through improvements in microwave and signal processing technologies such as GaN power amplifiers (PAs), new MMIC/Extreme MMIC devices, heterogeneous More-than-Moore integration, cost reductions for transmit/receive (T/R) modules, new millimeter-wave (mmWave) silicon ICs, and electro-optic integration.

To support these development efforts, electronic design automation technologies are evolving to provide designers with system architecture, component specifications, physical design of individual components, and verification prior to prototyping. This white paper examines these technology trends and presents several examples where advances in NI AWR Design Environment are supporting next-generation AESA and phased-array radar development.

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The Designing Next-Generation AESA Radar white paper can be downloaded at http://www.awrcorp.com/resource-library/design-challenges-next-generation-aesa-radar (registration required).

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Sherry Hess     
Vice President of Marketing
AWR Group, NI     
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