Design of a highly integrated Ku-band planar broadband phased array receiver with dual polarization

Author

van der Vossen, Marc ; Voshaar, Gerard ; Roeloffzen, Chris ; Hulzinga, Adriaan ; Iven, Maikel

Author_Institution

Bruco Integrated Circuits B.V., Borne, Netherlands

fYear

2014

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1695

Lastpage

1698

Abstract

A highly integrated Ku-band (10.7 - 12.75 GHz) planar phased array receiver of 64 antenna elements is presented. It features instantaneous reception of the full Ku-band (2.05 GHz wide) in two orthogonal polarizations with scan angles up to 75 degrees by using time delay instead of phase shift. The receiver is part of a system for satellite reception on board of moving vehicles. Two SiGe RFICs were developed, packaged in ceramic BGAs and assembled onto a 15-layer PCB which integrates the antenna elements. An outline of the system is given along with a detailed description. It sets a new standard in integration density.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; 15-layer PCB; BGA; SiGe; dual polarization; frequency 10.7 GHz to 12.75 GHz; frequency 2.05 GHz; highly integrated Ku-band planar broadband phased array receiver; orthogonal polarizations; satellite reception; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Gallium arsenide; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Receivers; Satellite antennas; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas; Satellite communication; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European

Conference_Location

Rome

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986782

Filename

6986782