IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters · 2012 · 76 citations · 5 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAntennasMicrowave EngineeringUnmanned Aircraft SystemsAntenna ArraysAntenna DesignAntenna ParametersBeam SteeringMicrowave AntennasReflector AntennasAntenna Array DesignArray CalibrationArray DesignMicrowave Phase Shifter DesignPhased Array AntennasPhased Arrays
The general issue of this letter deals with the design of a phased array antenna for high-data-rate SATCOM. A final demonstrator antenna could be installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to communicate with a satellite in Ka-band. First, a compact reflection-type phase shifter is designed and realized. Second, the conception of a phased array antenna prototype is detailed. Third, a new calibration method is involved that can provide the bias voltage to be applied to each phase shifter in order to scan the beam in the desired direction.
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