Advance MMICs for remote sensing and radar applications

Author

Gloanec, M. ; Camiade, M. ; Serru, V. ; Ouarch, Z. ; Beilenhoff, K.

Author_Institution

United Monolithic Semicond. S.A.S, Orsay, France

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

7-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

871

Abstract

Modern remote sensing systems and radars are more and more based on electronically steered antennas. Instead of using one high power tube, each radiating element must contain a full T/R module allowing an individual modulation of amplitude and phase of both transmit and receive signal. The key elements in such systems are monolithic microwave integrated circuits. In this paper some general information about these components are given as well as the latest achievements in terms of power amplifiers are described. The CHA7010 is a 10W power amplifier (in pulse mode) featuring high PAE and small size.

Keywords

MMIC; radar antennas; remote sensing by radar; 10 W; CHA7010; MMIC; electronically steered antennas; full T-R module; high power tube; monolithic microwave integrated circuits; power amplifiers; radar applications; receive signal; remote sensing; transmit signal; Amplitude modulation; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Phase modulation; Pulse amplifiers; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European

Print_ISBN

1-58053-834-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2003.1263028

Filename

1263028