Integration of electronics and antennas

Author

Leong, K.M.K.H. ; Itoh, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

647

Abstract

The integration of electronics and antennas forming a single front-end component offers several benefits for modem microwave and millimeter-wave system designs, such as compactness, lower power consumption, and multi-functionality. This paper highlights some of the work carried out by the author´s research group in the area of active integrated antennas (AIAs). The study of both active circuits and antennas has led to some insight into the design of new antenna array architectures for retrodirective antenna arrays and smart-antennas, which are also discussed in this paper.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; active antennas; adaptive antenna arrays; microwave antennas; millimetre wave antennas; AIA; active circuits; active integrated antennas; antenna array architectures; microwave system design; millimeter-wave system design; multifunctionality; retrodirective antenna arrays; single front-end component; smart-antennas; Antenna arrays; Circuits; Electromagnetic radiation; Energy consumption; Impedance matching; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave antennas; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219319

Filename

1219319