Optical Control of Microwave Circuits for Active Phased Array Radars
Abstract
Combining GaAs Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MIMICs) and fiber optic technologies offers microwave system designers many advantages for remote antennas, communication links, and phased array antennas. Fiber optic transmission systems have become an attractive alternative for the distribution of microwave and control signals, because of their desirable features, such as high speed, large bandwidth, good electrical isolation, small size, and their immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic pulse (EMP). Presented in this report are four optically controlled microwave circuits, which take advantage of the GaAs MESFET as an optical detector, to demonstrate that fiber optic technology can be integrated into GaAs MMIC based microwave systems. Fiber optics, GaAs MESFET, Microwave Monolithic Circuits
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA271537
Entities
People
- Arthur Paoella
- Dana Sturzebecher
- Thomas Higgins