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This chapter explains the fundamental issues in designing phased array antennas (PAAs). At first, the structure and functions of the PAAs are introduced. Pattern synthesis, which is a feature of array antennas, and array calibration methods are explained. It includes some methods, minimax algorithm, element thinning algorithm, and genetic algorithm. For array calibration, rotating element electric field vector method is also explained. Digital beam forming (DBF) including signal processing and MIMO (multiple input multiple output) techniques are shown in a later part of this chapter.

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  1. Antennas Technology Department, Information Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

    Takashi Maruyama, Kazunari Kihira & Hiroaki Miyashita

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Zhi Ning Chen

  2. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

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  3. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

    Hisamatsu Nakano

  4. Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore, Singapore

    Xianming Qing

  5. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Thomas Zwick

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Maruyama, T., Kihira, K., Miyashita, H. (2016). Phased Arrays. In: Chen, Z., Liu, D., Nakano, H., Qing, X., Zwick, T. (eds) Handbook of Antenna Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-44-3_37

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