HSI-TSENG CHOU2022-04-252022-04-2520220018926Xhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124582357&doi=10.1109%2fTAP.2021.3111484&partnerID=40&md5=bb8ee2ee0bf58f8b483cd45c79d3613dhttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/607116Near-field radar cross section (NF-RCS) of a target depends on antennas' radiation and can be maximized by adjusting the radiation patterns. It is justified by the power return ratio and can be computed by a comparison method. A theoretical foundation of operational mechanism for phased arrays of antennas is presented to produce conformal radiations for NF-RCS enhancement. The target's scattering coefficients are extracted from operating the antenna array's digital phase shifters (DPSs) to steer the resulting beams in this work. The scattering matrix is then analyzed by the singular value decomposition (SVD) to determine the antennas' excitations for maximum NF-RCS with estimation stability. It results in orthogonal beams for the two-way radiations of antenna arrays to interpret the scattering mechanisms. The feasibility is validated by HFSS full-wave simulations and experimental measurement data. ? 1963-2012 IEEE.Antenna arraysNear-field (NF) detectionRadar cross section (RCS)Singular value decomposition (SVD)Target detectionAntenna phased arraysDirectional patterns (antenna)Radar antennasRadar cross sectionTracking radarBeam scanField detectionsNear fieldsNear-field detectionOrthogonal beamsPhased-arraysRadar cross-sectionsSingular value decompositionTargets detection[SDGs]SDG7journal article10.1109/TAP.2021.31114842-s2.0-85124582357