Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands

Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands

This article presents the design and development of two all flat panel phased array antennas (PAA) by using emerging 5G Silicon radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) at Ku- and Ka-bands. First, an X-/Ku-band wideband dual circular polarized Transmit (Tx)/Receive (Rx) phased array antenna with...

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Main Authors: Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh, Everly Yeo, Raif Farkouh, Alejandro Castro, Maxwell Kerber, Randall B. Olsen, Emmanuel J. Merulla, Satish Kumar Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
Silicon RFICs
dual circular polarized
dual slant linear polarized
flat panel phased arrays
SATCOM
5G communications
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9234401/
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spelling doaj-17aeda52b65a4d939785c7c5f92d8fbc2021-03-30T03:26:14ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01819266919268110.1109/ACCESS.2020.30328419234401Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-BandsJia-Chi Samuel Chieh0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-6585Everly Yeo1Raif Farkouh2Alejandro Castro3Maxwell Kerber4Randall B. Olsen5Emmanuel J. Merulla6Satish Kumar Sharma7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-2235Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USANaval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USANaval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USANaval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USANaval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USANaval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USAC5ISR Center, United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USAThis article presents the design and development of two all flat panel phased array antennas (PAA) by using emerging 5G Silicon radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) at Ku- and Ka-bands. First, an X-/Ku-band wideband dual circular polarized Transmit (Tx)/Receive (Rx) phased array antenna with the capability of scanning (&#x00B1;45&#x00B0;) is presented. The frequency of operation is centered around 12.5 GHz within the X/Ku-Bands (3dB Axial Ratio (AR) bandwidth at broadside = 32%). The array has 16-elements with a 4 x 4 lattice arrangement. This array utilizes a nested sequential rotation architecture, which enhances the axial ratio (AR) bandwidth. Secondly, a dual slant linear polarized (&#x00B1;45&#x00B0;) transmit and receive (T/R) phased array antenna, that operates in the Ka-Band and covers the millimeter-wave 5G band (27.5 - 28.35 GHz) is discussed. Beam scanning range is up to &#x00B1;60&#x00B0; in both polarizations. In both cases, the array apertures have been integrated with an active beamforming networks (BFN) utilizing 5G silicon Tx/Rx beamformer RFIC chips. Measured and simulated performance results agree reasonably well in both cases. These arrays are scalable to larger size arrays to provide higher gain for applications like satellite communications (SATCOM) and 5G communications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9234401/Silicon RFICsdual circular polarizeddual slant linear polarizedflat panel phased arraysSATCOM5G communications
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author Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh
Everly Yeo
Raif Farkouh
Alejandro Castro
Maxwell Kerber
Randall B. Olsen
Emmanuel J. Merulla
Satish Kumar Sharma
spellingShingle Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh
Everly Yeo
Raif Farkouh
Alejandro Castro
Maxwell Kerber
Randall B. Olsen
Emmanuel J. Merulla
Satish Kumar Sharma
Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands
IEEE Access
Silicon RFICs
dual circular polarized
dual slant linear polarized
flat panel phased arrays
SATCOM
5G communications
author_facet Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh
Everly Yeo
Raif Farkouh
Alejandro Castro
Maxwell Kerber
Randall B. Olsen
Emmanuel J. Merulla
Satish Kumar Sharma
author_sort Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh
title Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands
title_short Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands
title_full Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands
title_fullStr Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands
title_full_unstemmed Development of Flat Panel Active Phased Array Antennas Using 5G Silicon RFICs at <italic>Ku</italic>- and <italic>Ka</italic>-Bands
title_sort development of flat panel active phased array antennas using 5g silicon rfics at <italic>ku</italic>- and <italic>ka</italic>-bands
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Access
issn 2169-3536
publishDate 2020-01-01
description This article presents the design and development of two all flat panel phased array antennas (PAA) by using emerging 5G Silicon radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) at Ku- and Ka-bands. First, an X-/Ku-band wideband dual circular polarized Transmit (Tx)/Receive (Rx) phased array antenna with the capability of scanning (&#x00B1;45&#x00B0;) is presented. The frequency of operation is centered around 12.5 GHz within the X/Ku-Bands (3dB Axial Ratio (AR) bandwidth at broadside = 32%). The array has 16-elements with a 4 x 4 lattice arrangement. This array utilizes a nested sequential rotation architecture, which enhances the axial ratio (AR) bandwidth. Secondly, a dual slant linear polarized (&#x00B1;45&#x00B0;) transmit and receive (T/R) phased array antenna, that operates in the Ka-Band and covers the millimeter-wave 5G band (27.5 - 28.35 GHz) is discussed. Beam scanning range is up to &#x00B1;60&#x00B0; in both polarizations. In both cases, the array apertures have been integrated with an active beamforming networks (BFN) utilizing 5G silicon Tx/Rx beamformer RFIC chips. Measured and simulated performance results agree reasonably well in both cases. These arrays are scalable to larger size arrays to provide higher gain for applications like satellite communications (SATCOM) and 5G communications.
topic Silicon RFICs
dual circular polarized
dual slant linear polarized
flat panel phased arrays
SATCOM
5G communications
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9234401/
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