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Millimeter Wave Photonic Tightly Coupled Array.
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation . Aug2021, Vol. 69 Issue 8, p4488-4503. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- We present a tightly coupled array antenna excited by high-power photodiodes for millimeter wave transmit operation. The design includes thinned photodiode substrates for improved bandwidth performance at high frequency combined with the inherently lightweight, low-loss, and direct feeding architecture afforded by the photonic approach. Circuit and full wave simulations are conducted for array design and compared against the traditional electronic arrays in the literature. A prototype 1 × 3 photonic array is developed and characterized to validate the design which achieves a 3 dB (VSWR < 1.4) radiated power bandwidth of 4.6:1 across 13–60 GHz and maintains a 3 dB bandwidth near 4:1 across scan angles up to 30°. The fabricated array exhibits a 3 dB radiated power bandwidth of 1.8:1 across 30–55 GHz and a maximum measured effective isotropic radiated power of 19.4 dBm at 40 GHz. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018926X
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153128172
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2021.3052340