Quasi-Optical Beamforming Network for Millimeter-Wave Electronically Scanned Array Antennas with 1-Bit Phase Resolution
Paper in proceeding, 2021

State-of-the-art design solutions for electronically scanned array antennas are mostly limited to microwave to low mm-wave frequency bands, while the demand for new designs at higher frequencies (i.e. frequencies beyond 100 GHz) is rapidly growing. We attempt to fill in this knowledge gap by presenting a new linear array antenna architecture as a building block of 2D arrays that can enable efficient beam steering and a simplified array design. This concept is based on the combination of a low-loss quasi-optical (QO) feed, providing predefined antenna port excitation, with 1-bit phase shifters which are co-integrated with the array antenna elements. In this study, we formulate the array design problem as minimization of the sidelobe level (SLL) through an optimum quasi-randomization of phase errors. An analytical expression for the optimum focal ratio of the QO feed has been derived to establish the relationships between the key design parameters. These results are validated through numerical simulations revealing that the optimum focal ratio leads to the minimum SLL.

quasi-optical beamforming network

phased array antenna

phase errors

1-bit phase quantization

Author

Artem Vilenskiy

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Esmé Galesloot

Eindhoven University of Technology

Yingqi Zhang

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Adrianus Bart Smolders

Eindhoven University of Technology

Marianna Ivashina

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021

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978-88-31299-02-2 (ISBN)

15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021
, Germany,

MyWave - Efficient Millimetre-Wave Communications for mobile users

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/860023), 2019-10-01 -- 2023-09-30.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Design

Aerospace Engineering

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9410922

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