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What is scan blindness?

  • A.The angle beyond which the beam cannot be steered by phase
  • B.The angular region hidden by the array's own structure
  • C.The condition in which two grating lobes coincide
  • D.A scan angle at which the array radiates almost nothing

Answer: D

At certain angles a surface wave supported by the array structure is excited, the active reflection coefficient approaches unity and almost no power leaves the aperture. It appears as a sharp null in the active element pattern. Dielectric covers and thick ground planes make it worse. It is a resonance of the whole periodic structure and quite distinct from the geometric limits that grating lobes and scan loss impose.

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