Van Atta array

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A Van Atta array is a type of passive retrodirective phased array antenna which redirects (rather than reflects) a signal back in the direction from which it came. It was first described by Lester C. Van Atta in his 1959 patent. [1]

The signal can be modulated by the redirecting host for purposes such as radio-frequency identification and traffic control (radar target echo enhancement). [2]

A 2023 paper describes the extension of the van Atta antenna principle to underwater acoustic communication. [3]

References

  1. ↑ USpatent 2908002,Lester C. van Atta,"Electromagnetic Reflector",published 1959-16-10
  2. ↑ Itoh, Tatsuo; et al., eds. (2001). RF Technologies for Low-Power Wireless Communications. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 341–342. ISBN   978-0-471-38267-6.
  3. ↑ Eid, Aline; Rademacher, Jack; Akbar, Waleed; Wang, Purui; Allam, Ahmed; Adib, Fadel (2023-09-10). "Enabling Long-Range Underwater Backscatter via van Atta Acoustic Networks". Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2023 Conference. ACM. pp. 1–19. doi: 10.1145/3603269.3604814 . ISBN   979-8-4007-0236-5.

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