Implementation and Far-Field Calibration of an 8x8 37-40 GHz Phased Array with Vivaldi Aperture
Paper in proceeding, 2022
A 64 element phased array is implemented using an all metal Vivaldi aperture and 16 commercial beamforming ICs integrated on a 10-layer RF-PCB. The interconnects within the PCB are designed using circular barrels to avoid unwanted resonances, as is demonstrated by full wave simulation. The use of a non-isolated power combiner in receive mode is validated by comparing two far-field calibration techniques, resulting in measured high-fidelity beams steering up to 50 degrees.
phased arrays
array calibration
Author
Gregor Lasser
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
University of Colorado at Boulder
Aman Samaiyar
ANSYS, Inc.
Gaeron R. Friedrichs
University of Colorado at Boulder
Ljubodrag B. Boskovic
University of Colorado at Boulder
Mohamed A. Elmansouri
University of Colorado at Boulder
Dejan S. Filipovic
University of Colorado at Boulder
2022 IEEE/MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM (IMS 2022)
0149-645X (ISSN) 2576-7216 (eISSN)
933-936978-1-6654-9613-1 (ISBN)
IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Denver, CO, USA,
Denver, CO, USA,
Subject Categories
Applied Mechanics
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Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering