Title :
Low cost and compact active integrated antenna transceiver for system applications
Author :
Flynt, R. ; Lu Fan ; Navarro, Joao ; Kai Chang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
An FET transistor and a Schottky barrier mixer diode have been integrated within an inverted patch antenna for transceiver applications. Preliminary results exhibit a 5.5 dB isotropic mixer conversion loss at 6 GHz for an intermediate frequency of 200 MHz with the FET serving as both the transmitter and the local oscillator at 5.8 GHz. The low cost, compact circuit should be useful for communication, sensors, and radar applications.<>
Keywords :
Schottky diode mixers; active antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; microwave mixers; radar equipment; transceivers; 200 MHz; 5.5 dB; 5.8 GHz; 6 GHz; FET LO; SHF; Schottky barrier mixer diode; active integrated antenna transceiver; communication application; compact circuit; inverted patch antenna; local oscillator; low cost transceiver; radar application; system applications; Costs; FETs; Frequency conversion; Mixers; Patch antennas; Propagation losses; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Transceivers; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1995., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2581-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1995.406131
