An experimental model design of bidirectional communication mobile terminal for Ku-band satellite-internet services

Author

Park, Ung Hee ; Jung, Young Bae ; Yun, Jae Seung ; Jeon, Soon Ik ; Chang Ju Kim

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2665

Abstract

ETRI has developed an active phased array antenna as an experimental model for use in the mobile satellite-internet services in Ku-band. In this paper, RF transmitter of this phased array antenna system is described, which is one of key components. This RF transmitter consists of TRx duplexer, 1:10 power divider and ten channels including Tx active channel block and antenna. Each subarray is fabricated with 8×4 microstrip patch. Measured boresight EIRP is 32 dBW with a beamwidth of about 2.5 degrees. This antenna beam can be steered within 3 dB scan loss between ±8 degrees in elevation and ±4 degrees in azimuth. The performance of this transmitter can provide mobile users with a capable communication link utilizing KOREASAT satellite.

Keywords

Internet; active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; beam steering; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile communication; power dividers; satellite communication; telecommunication links; KOREASAT satellite; Ku-band; RF transmitter; TRx duplexer; Tx active channel; active phased array antenna; beam steering; bidirectional communication mobile terminal; communication link; experimental model design; microstrip patch; power divider; satellite-internet services; subarray; Antenna arrays; Bidirectional control; Microstrip antenna arrays; Mobile antennas; Phased arrays; Power system modeling; Radio frequency; Satellite antennas; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1286040

Filename

1286040