期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES
卷 59, 期 5, 页码 1265-1273出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2103092
关键词
Barium-strontium-titanate (BST); ferroelectric devices; left-handed (LH) transmission lines; metamaterials; phased arrays; phase shifters; planar arrays
资金
- DFG Research Training Group [1037]
A low-cost phased-array antenna at 10 GHz is presented for a scan angle of +/- 50 degrees. The array employs continuously tunable phase shifters based on a screen printed barium-strontium-titanate thick-film ceramic. Due to the use of artificial transmission line topology, the proposed phase-shifter design has a very compact size (3 mm 2.8 mm) for 342 degrees total phase shift. In the frequency range from 8 to 10 GHz, it exhibits a figure of merit 52 degrees >/dB, which is among the best of phase shifters based on ferroelectric thick films. In a prototyped phased array, the RF circuit consists of a feeding network, phase shifters, and antenna elements, which are integrated into one planar metallization layer. Furthermore, a simple way for routing bias lines for phase shifters is demonstrated using high resistive electrodes. Using screen printed thick films and applying a simplified fabrication process for the RF and bias circuitry can reduce the total expense of phased arrays considerably.
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