Perspectives in Antenna Technology: Recent Advances and Systems Applications

by Jeffrey S. Herd, Alan J. Fenn, M. David Conway

Overview

The definitive volume of recent innovations in antenna technology developed for a wide variety of system applications at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Antenna technology plays a key role in enabling next-generation sensing and communications for ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne systems across a wide spectrum of frequencies and applications. Advances in RF microelectronics, commercial high-volume manufacturing and packaging, high-fidelity modeling and simulation tools, and affordable high-speed digital signal processing offer new options for next-generation antenna systems. Perspectives in Antenna Technology, by Jeffrey S. Herd, Alan J. Fenn, and M. David Conway, describes a variety of antenna research and development projects from MIT Lincoln Laboratory over the past fifteen years. In addition to highlighting current systems applications for the new antenna technologies, the book provides a modern perspective on the evolution of antenna technology at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

The contributors to this book are all from MIT Lincoln Laboratory. The developments covered include those aimed at reducing the cost of phased array antennas by leveraging high-volume printed circuit board manufacturing and highly integrated packaging techniques; novel solutions to enable ultra-lightweight deployable antennas for space and airborne applications; vector sensor arrays; two unique imaging radar systems, a video-rate microwave imaging system for person-borne concealed threat detection and a system capable of ultrawideband imaging of satellites; simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) antennas; a variety of novel wideband array antennas, including dual-polarized stepped-notch arrays and coupled dipole arrays; and several types of custom millimeter wave (mmWave) antennas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262049603
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	03/11/2025
Series:	MIT Lincoln Laboratory Series
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 9.31(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jeffrey S. Herd is Group Leader of the RF Technology Group in the Advanced Technology Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Alan J. Fenn is Senior Staff in the RF Technology Group in the Advanced Technology Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

M. David Conway is Senior Staff in the RF Technology Group in the Advanced Technology Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Low-Cost Phased Arrays
Jeffrey S. Herd, M. David Conway, Alexander Morris, Matthew Harger, Elizabeth Kowalski, Shireen Warnock, Christopher Galbraith, and James Smith
2 Lightweight Deployable Antennas
Alan J. Fenn, Jesse H. Mills, William F. Moulder, Pierre Dufilie, Sivasubramaniam S. Yegnanarayanan, and Lauren E. Cantley
3 Vector Sensor Arrays
Alan J. Fenn and Alexander F. Morris
4 Imaging Radar Antennas
William F. Moulder and Joseph M. Usoff
5 Simultaneous Transmit and Receive Antennas
Kenneth E. Kolodziej, William F. Moulder, and Jonathan P. Doane
6 Wideband Array Antenna
Alan J. Fenn, Glenn Brigham, and Peter T. Hurst
7 Millimeter-Wave Antennas
Alan J. Fenn, Idahosa Osaretin, Pierre Dufilie, David Moradd, and Peter T. Hurst
Acknowledgments
References
Acronyms
Index

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From the Publisher

“The antenna is more than just the eye’ for radar, general sensing, or communications systems.

“A team of twenty highly renowned experts at MIT Lincoln Laboratory bring us to ‘new lands’ in technological solutions and aerospace systems. The spectrum of coverage is impressive: from the gigantic Haystack to radiometers for nano sat. Operational applications include defence, safety, radio astronomy, weather forecasting, climate change, ATC, industrial, scientific, and medical. The span of EM frequency coverage is from UHF to mmWaves. The explored technologies are countless, including digitalization, polarimetry, IC components, and machine learning.

“The authors guide the reader through this land with a map of seven chapters populated with 300 engineering figures and system photographs. The tour is facilitated by chapter sections with discussion, summary, and future directions; a list of 160 acronyms; and 235 references.

“Indeed, a significant step toward the endless search of the ‘holy grail’ in antenna technology for operational systems.
 
“Don’t miss reading this book, and have it handy on your bookshelf.”
—Alfonso Farina, Selex-ES (retired), Consultant, Research Doctorate HC on ICT (2024), School of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy; author of “Antenna Based Signal Processing Techniques for Radar Systems,”; coeditor of “Polarimetric Radar Signal Processing”

“This book presents a collection of different state-of-the-art antennas and related topics. It is clear and well written, with excellent figures, and will become a top reference for antenna research and development.”
—Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Distinguished Professor, Member of the National Academy, University of California, San Diego