Millimeter-wave Frequencies Transceiver
Abstract
Military radars, communications systems, and signal intelligence equipment are expanding into the millimeter-wave portion of the spectrum to ease congestion, leverage available bandwidth, and for the low probability of detection, low probability of intercept, and anti-jam capabilities. Millimeter-wave signals are often challenging to detect, analyze, and exploit with low latency using state-of-the-art digital receivers and signal processors. Effective protection against these systems requires receiver and signal processing technologies that provide high sensitivity, high dynamic range, and low latency and interference resilience. However, existing millimeter-wave receiver and signal processing capabilities lack the needed performance characteristics to address advanced threats. This program builds upon other millimeter-wave communications technologies developed under this PE/Project and seeks to develop a transceiver that is capable of operating at millimeter-wave frequencies with high sensitivity and high dynamic range and processing signals with wide bandwidths. The program will leverage the inherent broadband, high dynamic range, and low latency characteristics of photonic processing components to develop system prototypes for addressing adversary millimeter-wave communications and radar systems. Technologies developed under this program will transition to the Navy and Air Force.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 5b9f55e254e181a1d33f3dae239541a8