Annotation Phased array systems have made major steps forward with the development of many major radar and communications systems. Due to many recent advances, including MMIC, photonics, and digital beamforming, phased array systems and technology continue to progress rapidly. Current and future developments of ground based, sea based, airborne, and space based phased array radar, communications, and other electronic systems will be discussed at this international symposium.

This conference proceeding presents and discusses problems in the specification, design, implementation, and evaluation of application-specific architectures, systems, and models. Signal and image processing is such an increasingly commercial and consumer application area with specific chip sets and higher order integration developed on the basis of specialty processor needs. The special problems of CAD covered here, with the need to draw on unforseen creative demands of human designers, presents unique problems that precede application on the broader scales of industrial, business, and consumer applications.

This volume constitutes the conference proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology 2000. Topics covered include: modules and components; phased arrays for mobile communications; digital beamforcing; direction finding; system optimization; and more.