Title :
Low cost and compact active integrated antenna transceiver for system applications
Author :
Flynt, Robert ; Fan, Lu ; Navarro, Julio ; Chang, Kai
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; field effect MMIC; land mobile radio; microstrip antennas; microwave mixers; radar receivers; radar transmitters; transceivers; 200 MHz; 5.5 dB; 5.8 GHz; 6 GHz; FET transistor; Schottky barrier mixer diode; communication; compact active integrated antenna transceiver; cost; intermediate frequency; inverted patch antenna; isotropic mixer conversion loss; local oscillator; radar; sensors; system applications; Costs; FETs; Frequency conversion; Mixers; Patch antennas; Propagation losses; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Transceivers; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Systems Conference, 1995. Conference Proceedings., IEEE NTC '95
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2591-1
DOI :
10.1109/NTCMWS.1995.522867
