Ka-Band Phased Array Antenna for High-Data-Rate SATCOM

Author

Lambard, Thomas ; Lafond, Olivier ; Himdi, Mohamed ; Jeuland, Herve ; Bolioli, Sylvain ; Le Coq, Laurent

Author_Institution

French Aerosp. Lab. (ONERA), Toulouse, France

Volume

11

fYear

2012

fDate

7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

256

Lastpage

259

Abstract

The general issue of this letter deals with the design of a phased array antenna for high-data-rate SATCOM. A final demonstrator antenna could be installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to communicate with a satellite in Ka-band. First, a compact reflection-type phase shifter is designed and realized. Second, the conception of a phased array antenna prototype is detailed. Third, a new calibration method is involved that can provide the bias voltage to be applied to each phase shifter in order to scan the beam in the desired direction.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; calibration; microwave antenna arrays; phase shifters; satellite antennas; Ka-band phased array antenna; bias voltage; calibration method; compact reflection-type phase shifter; demonstrator antenna; high-data-rate SATCOM; satellite communication; unmanned aerial vehicle; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Insertion loss; Phase measurement; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Calibration procedure; Ka-band; phased array antenna; reflection-type phase shifter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2012.2189747

Filename

6164212