A differential active patch antenna element for array applications

Author

Brauner, T. ; Vogt, R. ; Bächtold, W.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. Fields & Microwave Electron., ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

13

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

163

Abstract

This letter describes the implementation of an active receiving antenna at 5-6 GHz. An aperture-coupled patch antenna is designed to provide a differential interface toward monolithically integrated circuits. The integration with a low-noise amplifier is shown. The proposed structure offers new advantages for the construction of compact and robust adaptive antenna arrays. Measurements show around 5.5 dBi antenna gain with a cross-polarization below -27 dB. The differential low-noise amplifier provides more than 10 dB gain improvement.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; adaptive antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; receiving antennas; 5 to 6 GHz; active receiving antenna; adaptive antenna array; aperture-coupled patch antenna; cross-polarization; differential interface; gain; low-noise amplifier; monolithic integrated circuit; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Gain measurement; Integrated circuit measurements; Low-noise amplifiers; Monolithic integrated circuits; Patch antennas; Receiving antennas; Robustness;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2003.811045

Filename

1193053