Title :
Compact beam forming network of a switched phased array
Author :
Jaeck, V. ; Bernard, L. ; Mahdjoubi, K. ; Sauleau, R. ; Collardey, S. ; Pouliguen, P. ; Potier, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. Franco-Allemand de Rech. de St.-Louis (ISL), St. Louis, France
Abstract :
We propose here a compact beam forming network developed for a switched beam antenna array printed on a conical fuze. Due to tight space constraints, the beam former is made of multiple stacked PCB layers; it is designed around 5.2GHz to excite a 12-element antenna array printed on a conical shape. The numerical results demonstrate very attractive performance and they are compared to some measurement results of a first prototype.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; compact beam forming network; conical fuze; frequency 5.2 GHz; multiple stacked PCB layer; switched beam antenna array; switched phased array; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Phase measurement; Phase shifters; Power dividers; Radio frequency; Switches; RF switches; phase shifters; stacked antenna feeding network;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
