• DocumentCode
    2365394
  • Title

    Integrated beam steerable antennas in LTCC-technology

  • Author

    Wolff, Ingo

  • Author_Institution
    IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    1-3 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Two concepts of building highly integrated beam steerable antennas for space applications are described: As a first example an integrated phased array antenna using liquid crystal phase shifters in a LTCC technology shows promising results for application in space communication. As a second example a fully integrated digital beam steering antenna in LTCC technology demonstrates how a high integration factor for a very complex antenna system including active microwave circuits and a cooling system can be realized.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; beam steering; space communication links; LTCC-technology; integrated beam steerable antennas; integrated phased array antenna; liquid crystal phase shifters; space applications; Antenna arrays; Beam steering; Integrated circuit technology; Liquid crystals; Microwave antennas; Microwave communication; Microwave technology; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2010 International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Lisbon
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4883-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4885-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IWAT.2010.5464860
  • Filename
    5464860