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- Title
Low-Cost and High-Performance 5-Bit Programmable Phased Array at Ku-Band.
- Authors
Xin Li; Han Qing Yang; Rui Wen Shao; Feng Zhai; Guo Biao Liu; Zheng Xing Wang; Hong Fei Gao; Ge Fan; Jun Wei Wu; Qiang Cheng; Tie Jun Cui
- Abstract
We present a low-cost and high-performance 5-bit programmable phased array antenna at Ku-band, which consists of 1-bit reconfigurable radiation structures, digital phase shifters, and a coplanar waveguide feeding network. The 1-bit reconfigurable radiation structure utilizes symmetric geometries and PIN diodes to form stable 180° phase difference. The digital phase shifter provides 168.75° phase difference and together with the radiation structure form a 348.75° phase coverage. The antenna operates between 14.4 and 15.4 GHz, and the overall array contains 24 x 2 elements with each of them being individually addressable. By changing the states of the diodes and thus adjusting the phase coding sequences of the array, the antenna achieves 0°*60° precise beam scanning at 14.8 GHz, with the sidelobe level, cross-polarization, and gain uctuation being less than -16 dB, -26 dB, and 2.4 dB, respectively. A prototype was fabricated to verify the design, and the measurement results agree well with simulations. Compared with traditional phased arrays composed of numerous phase shifters and T/R components, the proposed antenna features high performance, high exibility, low profile, and low cost. The antenna provides a new and feasible solution of wavefront steering and will benefit the various application scenarios.
- Subjects
COPLANAR waveguides; PHASE shifters; PHASED array antennas; ANTENNAS (Electronics); PIN diodes; PHASE coding; DIODES
- Publication
Progress in Electromagnetics Research, 2022, Vol 175, p29
- ISSN
1070-4698
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2528/pier22052806