Technology Development for Millimeter Wave Phased Arrays.

Abstract

This project investigated architectures, radiators, FET amplifiers and oscillators that could be used in monolithic millimeter wave phased arrays. These investigations contribute to an understanding of the performance of integrated phased arrays. For example, scan blindness associated with surface waves and competition with active components for limited substrate surface area lead to designs with more than one substrate. It has been shown that feed lines can couple electromagnetically to microstrip paths through apertures in an intervening ground plane, and this allows using the beat substrate for each function. Injection locked oscillators using FETs in microstrip and coplanar waveguide circuits were developed as phase controlled sources for transmitter or local oscillators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182608

Entities

People

  • Daniel H. Schaubert
  • David M. Pozar
  • K. S. Yngvesson
  • Robert W. Jackson

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Antenna Feeds
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Fabrication
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Geometry
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Linear Arrays
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Semiconductors
  • Transmission Lines
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • Microelectronics