Analogue LSI RF switch and beamforming matrixes for communications satellites

Markku Åberg; Anssi Leppänen; Arto Rantala; Jouko Marjonen

doi:10.1145/263272.263346

Analogue LSI RF switch and beamforming matrixes for communications satellites

Markku Åberg, Anssi Leppänen, Arto Rantala, Jouko Marjonen

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Communications satellites use steerable antenna arrays for their communication links. These arrays need multi channel signal routing circuitry up to several tens of channels. Traditionally, this circuitry has been realized with hybrid technology. This has resulted in tens of watts of power consumption and several kilograms of payload weight. In this paper we describe monolithic integrated switch and vector modulator matrixes for signal routing and beamforming, operating in the 160 MHz IF range. These 12-16 I/O channel LSI level analogue circuits reduce the power consumption of the satellite beamforming circuitry to a few watts and weight to less than one kilogram. The power consumption per matrix node is 10-20 mW compared to the 100-500 mW consumption in the hybrid solutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	1997 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery ACM
Pages	251-254
ISBN (Print)	978-0-89791-903-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/263272.263346 https://doi.org/10.1109/LPE.1997.621293
Publication status	Published - 1997
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	1997 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design - Monterey, United States Duration: 18 Aug 1997 → 20 Aug 1997

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Conference	1997 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey
Period	18/08/97 → 20/08/97

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Åberg, M, Leppänen, A, Rantala, A & Marjonen, J 1997, Analogue LSI RF switch and beamforming matrixes for communications satellites. in 1997 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design. Association for Computing Machinery ACM, New York, pp. 251-254, 1997 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Monterey, California, United States, 18/08/97. https://doi.org/10.1145/263272.263346, https://doi.org/10.1109/LPE.1997.621293

Analogue LSI RF switch and beamforming matrixes for communications satellites. / Åberg, Markku; Leppänen, Anssi; Rantala, Arto et al.
1997 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design. New York: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, 1997. p. 251-254.

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