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Proximity Coupled Split Patch Tapered Array for C-Band MIMO Radar

2025· article· W4417131909 on OpenAlexaff
Joey R. Bray

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typearticle
Language
FieldEngineering
TopicAntenna Design and Analysis
Canadian institutionsRoyal Military College of Canada
Fundersnot available
KeywordsBeamwidthCoupling (piping)Antenna arrayClutterArray gainAntenna (radio)RadarPower (physics)Reflective array antenna

Abstract

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This work presents a novel vertical sub-array intended for use in a C-band Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) radar. The 5-element sub-array, composed of proximity coupled split patch elements, is cost effective given that it uses only a single layer and is end-fed. The array uses a tapered amplitude distribution to reduce radar ground clutter caused by sidelobes. One of the challenges of an end-fed tapered array is that almost all of the input power must be transmitted through the weakest radiating element closest to the port. A proximity-coupled split patch antenna element is shown to be effective in obtaining both loose and tight coupling levels while providing a good match to the feed line. In the elevation plane, the optimized sub-array provides a measured maximum gain of 11.7 dBi at boresight, a half-power beamwidth of 16°, and sidelobe levels that are more than 15 dB down. To make the sub-array sufficiently compact to be tiled horizontally using a half-wavelength spacing, parts of the split patch elements are shared between neighboring sub-arrays. A 40-element two-dimensional receive array is designed using the proposed sub-array.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.004

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.012
GPT teacher head0.232
Teacher spread0.220 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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