Development of a Dual-Circularly-Polarized W-Band Receiver Front End
Paper in proceeding, 2025
We report on the development of an ultra-low loss dual-circularly-polarized receiver frond end operating in the W-band. The design aims at applications for high throughput satellite telecommunication payloads. This integrated front end consists of an orthomode transducer, low noise amplifiers and output filters. A novel approach to machine the sensitive parts in a single piece mitigated losses and signal imbalance due to split blocks. The resulting demonstrator exhibits a high sensitivity, with a 3 dB average noise figure and resulting cross-polarization suppression in excess of 20 dB and channel gain of over 25 dB over the targeted frequency range of 81–86 GHz.
receiver front end
satellite communication
mm-waves
circular polarization
W-band
Author
Josip Vukusic
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Peter Sobis
Low Noise Factory AB
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Jörgen Stenarson
Low Noise Factory AB
Even Froen
Kongsberg Norspace AS
Wilhelm Brubakk
Kongsberg Norspace AS
Sascha Krause
Kongsberg Norspace AS
Jan Stake
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
2025 55th European Microwave Conference (EuMC)
9782874870811 (ISBN)
55th European Microwave Conference
Utrecht, Netherlands,
Utrecht, Netherlands,
Development of the national infrastructure for microwave and terahertz characterization: expanding the use of the electromagnetic spectrum
Swedish Research Council (VR) (2020-06187), 2021-01-01 -- 2024-12-31.
THz kommunikation - NU
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) (CHI19-0027), 2021-01-01 -- 2025-12-31.
Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Infrastructure
Kollberg Laboratory
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.23919/EuMC65286.2025.11235219