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Phased array
About: Phased array is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 19428 publications have been published within this topic receiving 229231 citations. The topic is also known as: Phased Array Radar, PAR.
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TL;DR: In this article, a fully integrated phased array antenna with radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS) switches on a flexible, organic substrate is demonstrated above 10 GHz.
Abstract: For the first time, a fully integrated phased array antenna with radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS) switches on a flexible, organic substrate is demonstrated above 10 GHz. A low noise amplifier (LNA), MEMS phase shifter, and 2 times 2 patch antenna array are integrated into a system-on-package (SOP) on a liquid crystal polymer substrate. Two antenna arrays are compared; one implemented using a single-layer SOP and the second with a multilayer SOP. Both implementations are low-loss and capable of 12deg of beam steering. The design frequency is 14 GHz and the measured return loss is greater than 12 dB for both implementations. The use of an LNA allows for a much higher radiated power level. These antennas can be customized to meet almost any size, frequency, and performance needed. This research furthers the state-of-the-art for organic SOP devices.
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TL;DR: This paper proposes two wideband hybrid beamforming approaches, based on the virtual sub-array and the true-time-delay lines, respectively, to eliminate the impact of beam squint and achieves the near-optimal performance close to full-digital transceivers.
Abstract: The combination of large bandwidth at terahertz (THz) and the large number of antennas in massive MIMO results in the non-negligible spatial wideband effect in time domain or the corresponding beam squint issue in frequency domain, which will cause severe performance degradation if not properly treated. In particular, for a phased array based hybrid transceiver, there exists a contradiction between the requirement of mitigating the beam squint issue and the hardware implementation of the analog beamformer/combiner, which makes the accurate beamforming an enormous challenge. In this paper, we propose two wideband hybrid beamforming approaches, based on the virtual sub-array and the true-time-delay (TTD) lines, respectively, to eliminate the impact of beam squint. The former one divides the whole array into several virtual sub-arrays to generate a wider beam and provides an evenly distributed array gain across the whole operating frequency band. To further enhance the beamforming performance and thoroughly address the aforementioned contradiction, the latter one introduces the TTD lines and propose a new hardware implementation of analog beamformer/combiner. This TTD-aided hybrid implementation enables the wideband beamforming and achieves the near-optimal performance close to full-digital transceivers. Analytical and numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of two proposed wideband beamforming approaches.
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TL;DR: A transmission-line-based decoupling technique for dual-polarized multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrays is presented and analyzed, which enables well-canceled coupling for the adjacent elements under co- polarization, without degrading the isolation of the cross-polarsized ports.
Abstract: A transmission-line-based decoupling technique for dual-polarized multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrays is presented and analyzed. The proposed scheme enables well-canceled coupling for the adjacent elements under co-polarization, without degrading the isolation of the cross-polarized ports. First, a decoupling network based on the presented method for a $2 \times 2$ MIMO array is provided, along with a comprehensive design procedure. Calculations and simulations are operated to verify decoupling performance. For further verification, a $2 \times 2$ dual-polarized patch array with the proposed decoupling method is developed. The decoupling network characterizes low profile, compact size, and low insertion loss, which is realized in a single layer. Measurements denote that the isolations between the co-polarized elements are improved from 16 to 20 dB to over 30 dB after decoupling at the center frequency of 2.45 GHz. Subsequently, based on the proposed $2 \times 2$ decoupling method, a decoupling network for large-scale dual-polarized MIMO arrays is presented. A design example of a $4 \times 4$ dual-polarized patch antenna array is established. Full-wave simulations indicate that the isolations are enhanced to better than 30 dB with a small insertion loss of less than 0.45 dB and can widely be used for phased array and massive MIMO array systems.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus for improved digital processing of the analog echo signals in a coherent imaging system is described, which simplifies the channel circuitry requirements and provides increased instantaneous dynamic range in the overall system.
Abstract: A method and apparatus for improved digital processing of the analog echo signals in a coherent imaging system is described which simplifies the channel circuitry requirements. The analog echo signals detected with a phased array of transducer elements are first compressed in a non-linear manner then expanded non-linearly with analog-to-digital converter means to provide increased instantaneous dynamic range in the overall system. Representative phased array coherent imaging systems having the improved digital processing means are also disclosed.
81 citations
30 Jul 2012
TL;DR: The objectives of this project were to conduct an initial end-to-end systems analysis of the SPS-ALPHA concept in order to determine its technical feasibility, identify and assess in greater detail the key technology challenges inherent in the architecture, and establish an initial evaluation of the economic viability of the concept.
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