A optimum design of beam forming module for active phased array antenna system

Author

Young-Bae Jung ; Park, Woong-Hee ; Soon-Ick Jeon ; Kim, Chang-Joo

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

4008

Abstract

The paper describes a BFM (beam forming module) design. As well as the electric performance, the design considers size and cost reduction of an APAA (active phased array antenna). For this purpose, the BFM was designed using a 10-to-4 column combiner which equally combines the receiving power of 10 RX-channels to 4 output channels. By this unequal power combining method, the number of APAA active channels can be minimized, and the size, weight and production cost of the APAA can be considerably reduced.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; antenna accessories; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; microwave antenna arrays; microwave circuits; minimisation; mobile satellite communication; modules; network synthesis; power combiners; Ku-band; active phased array antenna; beam forming module; column combiner; cost reduction; main signal; mobile satellite communications; power combiner; size reduction; tracking signal; unequal power combining method; Antenna arrays; Costs; Demodulation; Fabrication; Large Hadron Collider; Lungs; Phased arrays; Power combiners; Production; Signal design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1330229

Filename

1330229