Active integrated antennas for new RF architectures

Author

Deal, W.R. ; Qian, Y. ; Itoh, T.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

11-16 July 1999

Firstpage

876

Abstract

Active integrated antennas (AIA) provide a new paradigm for designing modern microwave and millimeter-wave wireless systems. Benefits of this technique include compactness, reduced losses and weight, low profile and multiple functionality. We describe here three novel AIA architectures that have recently been developed, including a tuned-harmonic class F transmitter front-end, power combining with a dual-feed AIA push-pull power amplifier and a novel 2D retrodirective array.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; active antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; microwave antennas; microwave power amplifiers; power combiners; transmitting antennas; 2-D retrodirective array; RF architectures; active integrated antennas; compactness; microwave wireless systems; millimeter-wave wireless system; multiple functionality; power combining; push-pull power amplifier; reduced losses; reduced weight; tuned-harmonic class F transmitter front-end; Impedance; Microwave antennas; Planar arrays; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Radio frequency; Resonance; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5639-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1999.789452

Filename

789452