• DocumentCode
    734764
  • Title

    Development of superconducting front-end T/R module for active phased array antenna

  • Author

    Kayano, Hiroyuki ; Kumamoto, Tsuyoshi ; Iijima, Kenta ; Shiokawa, Noritsugu ; Kawaguchi, Tamio ; Shinonaga, Mitsuyoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Corp. R&D Center, Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    13-17 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have proposed a 3 GHz band high-sensitivity superconducting front-end T/R module for an active phased array antenna. This T/R module consists of a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit with a cryogenic part composed of a high-Tc superconducting filter and a cryogenic low-noise amplifier. Low profile could be realized by the two techniques, which are the RF interface technique using resonator coupling for heat insulating and liquid nitrogen for cooling. Measured noise temperature of the receiver circuit of the superconducting front-end module cooled at 77 K was 13.0 K. The high-sensitivity receiver characteristic was realized by both low insertion loss for the superconducting circuits and low noise for the cryogenic low-noise amplifier. Therefore, the application of the T/R module to an active phased array radar is expected to realize low amplitude deviation and good phase linearity.
  • Keywords
    active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; cooling; electromagnetic coupling; low noise amplifiers; microwave antenna arrays; microwave resonators; phased array radar; radar antennas; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; RF interface technique; active phased array antenna; active phased array radar; cooling; cryogenic cryogenic; cryogenic low-noise amplifier; frequency 3 GHz; heat insulation; high-Tc superconducting filter; high-sensitivity receiver characteristic; liquid nitrogen; low amplitude deviation; low insertion loss; noise temperature; phase linearity; receiver circuit; resonator coupling; superconducting circuit; superconducting front-end T-R module; temperature 13 K; temperature 77 K; transmitter circuit; Arrays; Band-pass filters; Cryogenics; High-temperature superconductors; Microwave filters; Phased arrays; Superconducting filters; T/R module; active phased array antenna; cryogenic low noise amplifier; superconducting filter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lisbon
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7228586