Evolution of Thales NL radar systems – front-end and antennas
Michal Polewski, Michiel van Tent Beking, Thales
The authors will describe the evolution of radar systems developed at Thales NL. Both volume search and track radars will be shown as examples from single-beam to multi-beam phased array antennas. The particular focus will be set on antenna and front-end architecture and their consequences on functionality of the radar system. Some challenges and trends in modern antenna/radar development will be discussed. Possibilities and conditions for students internship/graduate projects within Thales NL will be presented.
Michal Polewski is a graduate of the Technical University of Gdansk in Poland. In 1999 he completes his studies in the Department of Microwave Technology and in 2005 he defends doctoral thesis.
In 2004-2007 Michal works in Poland at Satel as a specialist in the field of electromagnetic compatibility. In 2007 he decides to move to the Netherlands and joins the international consulting group Altran where he specializes in high frequency systems and antennas. He works on the projects at NXP in Leuven in Nijmegen on wireless communication systems and EMC.
At the end of 2009 Michal joins Thales Nederland based in Hengelo. Michal works on the field of radar antennas and he is engaged in the design, modeling, measurement and analysis of phased array antennas. Part of his work are also projects involved in development-related research with innovative solutions used in radar systems. He supervises interns and students writing theses in the field of antennas. These research activities are done in collaboration with the technical universities, mainly Dutch. Currently Michal is engaged in the analysis and measurements of new L-band active phased array antenna.
Michiel van Tent Beking was born in Warnsveld in 1985. After finishing high school in 2003, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy and studied at the Royal Naval College to become a Weapon Engineering Officer. As a part of this study he followed, mainly RADAR oriented, master courses at the faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Delft. In 2009 he obtained his degree from the Royal Naval College and entered service in the Royal Netherlands Navy. In the Navy he worked with the Defense Material Organization, served as a Weapon Engineering Officer on board Hr.Ms. Van Amstel, and worked with the Joint IT Command. In 2016 he obtained his MSc degree from the University of Twente, left the Royal Netherlands Navy and started working at Thales as a Radar Front-end engineer. Currently he is working in the field of signal generation and starting to work in the field of antenna’s.
Radar Communication Convergence: An Overview of Challenges from Waveform Design Perspective
Firat Tigrek, TU/e
Radar waveform design is an active field of research that enjoys increased visibility during the last decade. One reason for this increased visibility is the ever-increasing computation capacity, which allows implementation of algorithms to optimize the radar signal in real time according to the needs of the situation. Another reason is crowding of the available spectrum, which forces radars to co-exist with communication systems. On top of this picture comes the rush towards automated driving, which requires multiple sensors on each vehicle to provide a complete picture of the environment. Multiple radars on multiple platforms requires efficient use of the available time and spectrum. Combining radar and communications at the signal level aims to answer these challenges by both utilizing the resources for multiple functions simultaneously and providing a means of self-organization for the multitudes of radars. Such combination of two distinct functions itself poses exciting challenges, which are the subject of this colloquium.
Firat Tigrek received his PhD degree from Delft University of Technology in 2010. During his PhD, he was Marie Curie fellow at Thales Nederland B.V as a member of the PLACE (Person Localization in Adverse Complex Environments) project. Between 2011 and 2018, he worked in the defense industry in Turkey as radar systems engineer. Since April 2018 he is a postdoc researcher in Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Information and Communication Theory Lab, which is under the Signal Processing Systems Group. He is a member of i-CAVE (Integrated Cooperative Automated Vehicles) and PRYSTINE (Programmable Systems for Intelligence in Automobiles) projects.
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