Title :
An active transmitter antenna with beam scanning and beam shaping capability for 60GHz application
Author :
Lafond, O. ; Himdi, M. ; Merlet, H. ; Lebars, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun. of Rennes, Univ. of Rennes I, Rennes, France
fDate :
Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 2 2012
Abstract :
An active transmitter antenna has been demonstrated based on a plate Luneburg lens and fed by several sources to achieve beam scanning and beam shaping antenna. The EIRP is stable whatever the number of active sources because the MMIC amplifier used as a switch is always correctly matched whatever his state (ON or OFF). The future works will concern receiver antenna and the development of new integrated sources to simplify the design.
Keywords :
MMIC amplifiers; active antennas; lens antennas; millimetre wave antennas; transmitting antennas; MMIC amplifier; active sources; active transmitter antenna; beam scanning antenna; beam shaping antenna; frequency 60 GHz; plate Luneburg lens; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Lenses; MMICs;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2012 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoys
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1001-7
