Title :
Ultra-broadband Photonic Patch Antenna
Author :
Lopez, E.R. ; Bui, L.A. ; Ghorbani, K. ; Rowe, W.S.T. ; Mitchell, A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, Vic.
Abstract :
This paper presents a demonstration an ultra-broadband photonic antenna. The antenna utilizes external optical intensity modulators and optic fiber to photonically remotes the aperture stacked patch antennas and replaces microwave diplexers with simple photonic combination. The resulting photonic antenna is demonstrated to provide a bandwidth of 110% with gain of 7 dBi
Keywords :
intensity modulation; microstrip antennas; microwave photonics; optical fibres; optical modulation; ultra wideband antennas; microstrip antennas; microwave photonics; optic fiber; optical intensity modulators; photonic combination; photonic patch antenna; ultra-broadband photonic antenna; Aperture antennas; Application specific processors; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Optical fiber cables; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Patch antennas; Microstrip antennas; Microwave Photonics; Optical Fiber Antenna Remoting;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9541-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249813
