This paper presents the design, development and experimental characterization of a monolithic phased array antenna integrated on a microwave laminate. A four-element linear antenna array is realized by cofabricating the corporate feed network, microstrip-CPW transitions, DC blocks, and mesoscale phase shifters on the same substrate. The phase shifters used here are electrostatically actuated an...

The design of a NF‐ focused DRA phased array antenna is implemented for fixed RFID reader applications at 5.8 GHz. The radiated field is focused in the near‐zone of the array aperture. Numerical investigations on the radiation characteristics of the NF‐ focused array as well as uniform phase array are presented to demonstrate its feasibility for RFID real appl...

Surface plasmon polaritons are electromagnetic waves that propagate tightly bound to metal surfaces. The concentration of the electromagnetic field at the surface as well as the short wavelength of surface plasmons enable sensitive detection methods and miniaturization of optics. We present an optical frequency plasmonic analog to the phased antenna array as it is well known in radar technology...

This paper describes an antenna design approach for achieving super directivity in AESA (Active Electronic Scanned Array) radar using unconventional 3D phased array (PA) concept based on directional Yagi–Uda elements. The proposed scheme is shown to have a wider scanning feature, with higher comparison the same geometry dipole without increasing element number. antenna’s microwave includes anti...

Microwave sensors are robust non-contact measurement devices for industrial and vehicular application. Phased array-antenna modules, located in the front-end of the sensor, are often used to enhance the performance of this device. In this paper, a novel 24-GHz microstrip linear array antenna with beam-scanning and signal-amplification properties are presented. The phase shift section is designe...

A planar phased-array antenna has been constructed from a 15x15 square grid of z-directed monopoles with a length of 0.475 λ, element spacing of 0.29 λ, average directivity of 20.0 dBi across all scan angles, an average H-plane HPBW of 37 degrees, an average E-plane HPBW of 23 degrees, and an efficiency of 99.6%. Two current distributions are tested: uniform and binomial. The binomial current d...

With the advance of high speed laser technology, optical interaction with microwave circuits has become highly viable. Such interaction is advantageous as the fiber is low-loss, lightweight, and immune to electromagnetic interference. In this paper, interaction of direct-modulated and gain-switched optical links with active antenna phased array systems is demonstrated. In the direct-modulated o...