A low cost 1K elements phased array antenna

Author

Mousavi, Pedram ; Fakharzadeh, Mohammad ; Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin

Author_Institution

Intelwaves Technol., Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

828

Abstract

In this paper, a low cost phased array antenna system with nearly 1K microstrip antenna patches for mobile broadcast satellite reception in Ku-band will be introduced. The height of the antenna is only 6 cm and the system has two-dimensional electronic scanning capability. The main objective of this design is to develop phased array system with very low cost components and a minimum number of tracking sensors. A novel beamforming algorithm compensates for the fabrication inaccuracies of the microwave components and variations in their characteristics due to ambient changes.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; broadcast antennas; diversity reception; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; scanning antennas; 1K microstrip antenna patch; Ku-band; array signal processing; beamforming algorithm; low cost phased array antenna system; microwave component; mobile broadcast satellite reception; sensor tracking; Antenna arrays; Costs; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Phased arrays; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Sensor arrays; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Phased array antenna; array signal processing; satellite tracking; tracking algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165824

Filename

5165824