L-band 360º vector-sum phase shifter using COTS components

Author

Winson Lim ; Xinyi Tang ; Mouthaan, K.

Author_Institution

Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

102

Abstract

The design of a 360^o phase control vector-sum phase shifter (VSPS) covering the entire L-band is presented. This type of phase shifter is often implemented in integrated circuit (IC) technologies for higher frequencies. Using low-cost commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) discrete components on PCB, an L-band VSPS design is proposed and experimentally verified. An RMS phase error about 2.5^o, input- and output return losses larger than 18 dB, amplitude imbalance less than 1.5 dB and a gain variation less than 3 dB are measured across 1 to 2 GHz.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; broadband antennas; integrated circuit design; mean square error methods; phase shifters; COTS discrete component; IC technology; L-band VSPS design; RMS phase error; amplitude imbalance; frequency 1 GHz to 2 GHz; gain variation; integrated circuit technology; low-cost commercial-off-the-shelf; phase control vector-sum phase shifter; phase shifter design; wideband steerable phased array antenna; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Gain; L-band; Loss measurement; Phase shifters; Topology; Broadband phase shifters; active phase shifter; digital phase shifters; phased array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1330-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1331-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2012.6421511

Filename

6421511