International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (Jan 2015)

Transmit TACAN Bearing Information with a Circular Array

  • W. Mark Dorsey,
  • Jeffrey O. Coleman,
  • William R. Pickles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/846720
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Using TACAN and array fundamentals, we derive an architecture for transmitting TACAN bearing information from a circular array with time-varying weights. We evaluate performance for a simulated example array of Vivaldi elements.