Investigation of active antenna arrays at 60 GHz

Author

Rosen, Arye ; Amantea, Robert ; Stabile, Paul J. ; Fathy, Aly E. ; Gilbert, Dean B. ; Bechtle, Daniel W. ; Janton, Walter M. ; McGinty, Francis J. ; Butler, Jerome K. ; Evans, Gary A.

Author_Institution

David Sarnoff Res. Center, Princeton, NJ, USA

Volume

43

Issue

9

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2117

Lastpage

2125

Abstract

There has been a significant effort to develop millimeter-wave active-array antennas for communications and radar applications. A dielectric waveguide is a promising medium for this application. However, the integration of active devices, transmission media, and antennas has been difficult to achieve. This paper presents the first successful demonstration of a phase locked array of millimeter wave grating surface emitters (MMWGSE). We discuss three aspects of MMWGSE: (1) The achievement of an optically steered millimeter wave grating surface emitter. (2) The demonstration of a frequency locked array of millimeter wave grating surface emitters. (3) Rigorous analytical studies of efficiently coupling power from a millimeter wave semiconductor device, to a waveguide which incorporates grating surface emitters. This work leads to a full monolithic array using pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT)-devices

Keywords

active antenna arrays; dielectric waveguides; millimetre wave antenna arrays; waveguide antenna arrays; 60 GHz; MMWGSE; PHEMT; active antenna arrays; communications; dielectric waveguide; frequency locked array; millimeter wave grating surface emitters; monolithic array; optical steering; phase locked array; power coupling; radar; semiconductor device; Antenna arrays; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Millimeter wave devices; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave transistors; Optical arrays; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.414548

Filename

414548