An active downlink photonic antenna

Author

Nanyan, N.F. ; Ngah, R. ; Prakoso, T. ; Rahayu, Y. ; Rahman, T.A.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Centre (WCC), Univ. Teknol. Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

5-7 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents an active photonic antenna concept whereby an interface circuit is introduced in order to integrate the antenna with the photodiode. The operating frequencies ranges are 1.8 to 3.5 GHz which support the GSM 1800, WLAN and WiMAX applications. The simulated and measured results of interface circuit and antenna are presented. Thus, the photonic antenna is developed by integrating photodiode, interface circuit, RF amplifier and printed antenna and fabricated on FR4 board. The experiment was setup and spectrums at desired frequencies were measured. Measurement results show that an active downlink photonic antenna (ADPha) is successfully developed.

Keywords

broadband antennas; optical receivers; photodiodes; radiofrequency amplifiers; GSM 1800; RF amplifier; WLAN; WiMAX; active downlink photonic antenna; interface circuit; photodiode; printed antenna; Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Photonics; Wireless communication; downlink; photodetector; photonic antenna; wideband antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics (ICP), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Langkawi, Kedah

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7186-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICP.2010.5604378

Filename

5604378