Development of a Ka-band active phased array antenna for mobile SATCOM stations

Author

Miura, A. ; Yamamoto, S. ; Obara, N. ; Saito, H. ; Takahashi, T. ; Wakana, H. ; Tanaka, M.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

814

Abstract

This paper describes a Ka-band active phased array antenna for mobile SATCOM stations. The active phased array is a fully electronic beam-scanning antenna system and is the most technically challenging component in the system development of the Japanese engineering test satellite, COMETS. The hardware components of the antenna, such as antenna element, LNA, and MMIC phase shifter, are described. Antenna tracking performances were measured and analyzed using a land mobile station and an aeronautical mobile station

Keywords

MMIC phase shifters; active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; microwave antenna arrays; mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; scanning antennas; 21 GHz; COMETS; Japanese engineering test satellite; Ka-band; LNA; MMIC phase shifter; active phased array antenna; aeronautical mobile station; antenna element; antenna tracking performance; fully electronic beam-scanning antenna; land mobile station; mobile SATCOM stations; Antenna accessories; Antenna arrays; Electronic equipment testing; Hardware; MMICs; Mobile antennas; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Satellite antennas; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5435-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.1999.798442

Filename

798442