5-6 GHz low-noise active antenna array for multi-dimensional channel-sounding

Author

Brauner, Thomas ; Kung, Roland ; Vogt, Rolf ; Bächtold, Werner

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. Fields & Microwave Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

297

Abstract

The design and measurement of a 5-6 GHz active receiving antenna array is presented. To obtain a compact and robust design, active downconverters are monolithically integrated using a standard 0.6 μm-MESFET process and combined with planar linearly polarized aperture-coupled patch antennas. A very low noise figure of 3.5 dB and a total conversion gain of 30 dB is achieved. The use of dedicated monolithically integrated components leads to very low gain and phase variations. This active array will be used in a multi dimensional channel sounder.

Keywords

MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC frequency convertors; active antenna arrays; calibration; field effect MMIC; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile communication; noise; 0.6 micron; 3.5 dB; 30 dB; 5 to 6 GHz; MESFET MMIC chipset; active receiving antenna array; antenna array design; antenna array measurement; channel sounder; gain variations; low-noise active antenna array; mobile communication systems; monolithically integrated active downconverters; multi-dimensional channel-sounding; noise figure; phase variations; planar linearly polarized aperture-coupled patch antennas; portable devices; standard MESFET process; total conversion gain; wireless LAN standards; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Circuits; Directional couplers; Frequency; MMICs; Microwave antenna arrays; Patch antennas; Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244874

Filename

1244874