Active antenna oscillator arrays in communication systems

Author

Kykkotis, C. ; Hall, P.S. ; Ghafouri-Shiraz, H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Birmingham Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

8-13 June 1997

Firstpage

591

Abstract

Active antenna oscillator arrays have been considered in millimetre-wave communication systems for increased power levels in low cost radio modules. In this paper, we have investigated the data-rate limitations, the modulation effects on the radiation pattern, and the bit error rate performance of antenna oscillator arrays in practical applications.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; injection locked oscillators; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave oscillators; phase control; phase shift keying; quadrature phase shift keying; radiocommunication; 60 GHz; active antenna oscillator arrays; bit error rate performance; data-rate limitations; low cost radio modules; millimetre-wave communication systems; modulation data rate limits; oscillator phase control; patch oscillators; power levels; radiation pattern; Antenna arrays; Complexity theory; Coupling circuits; Injection-locked oscillators; Linear antenna arrays; Microwave oscillators; Mutual coupling; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1997., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Denver, CO, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3814-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1997.602862

Filename

602862