Integrated eight element Ku band transmit/receive beamformer chipset for low-cost commercial phased array antennas

Author

Heo, Deukhyoun ; Warnick, Karl F.

Author_Institution

Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

653

Lastpage

659

Abstract

An integrated eight element SiGe Ku band phased array and smart antenna beamformer chipset design is described. The beamformer chips include independent digital phase shifters and variable gain amplifiers in each of eight signal paths. The receive chip includes a low noise amplifier at each RF input, and the transmit chip includes a power amplifier at each RF output. Simulated performance meets design targets for the intended application to low-cost commercial phased array antennas for bidirectional satellite video and data ground terminals.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; MMIC; adaptive antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; low noise amplifiers; phase shifters; receiving antennas; satellite antennas; transmitting antennas; Ku band; MMIC; SiGe; bidirectional satellite video; data ground terminals; digital phase shifters; low noise amplifiers; phased array antennas; smart antenna beamformer; transmit-receive beamformer chipset; variable gain amplifiers; Arrays; Gain; Inductors; PIN photodiodes; Phase shifters; Radio frequency; Receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Phased Array Systems and Technology (ARRAY), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Waltham, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5127-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5128-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613295

Filename

5613295