Notes on Bayliss Taper for Monopulse Radar

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2585548· OSTI ID:2585548

Doerry, Armin Walter ^[1]; Bickel, Douglas L. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

A radar system’s antenna characteristics are fundamental to its performance. A principal defining feature of an antenna’s performance are its often problematic sidelobes. Often in monopulse antenna topologies, the emphasis has been on the sum channel sidelobes at the expense of difference channel sidelobes. Edward Bayliss published a paper detailing a design procedure for managing the difference channel sidelobes. The resulting aperture taper now is identified by his name. This report analyzes his taper derivation, and resulting performance attributes, after which some implementation comments are rendered.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), Poway, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2585548
• Report Number(s): SAND--2025-07335; SC08/01749; 1780647
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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