NASA NTRS · 19890065955
Ka-band MMIC beam steered transmitter array
Abstract
A 32 GHz six element linear transmitter array which employs MMIC phase shifters and power amplifiers is developed and its performance is evaluated. The MMIC phase shifters contains 14 MESFETs in three digital switched line and one analog loaded line phase shifter, and the MMIC power amplifiers are two stage amplifiers using GaAs MESFETs with 0.25 micron gate lengths and gate widths of 0.1 mm and 0.3 mm. The design of the array is described. The phase shift measurements for the MMIC devices are analyzed. The data reveal that the switched line phase shifters are accurate to within 7 pct; the power amplifier 1 dB compressed output power varied over 0.3 dB; the beamwidth of the array is 7.5 deg; and beam steering is over + or - 8 deg.
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Riley, A. L., Rascoe, D., Lubecke, V., Huang, J., Duffy, L.. 1988-01-01. Ka-band MMIC beam steered transmitter array. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890065955
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