On the use of MEMS phase shifters in a low-cost Ka-Band multifunctional ESA on a small UAV

Robert Malmqvist; Carl Samuelsson; Andreas Gustafsson; Tomas Boman; Svante Björklund; Roland Ericsson; Pekka Rantakari; Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä

doi:10.1109/APMC.2007.4554733

On the use of MEMS phase shifters in a low-cost Ka-Band multifunctional ESA on a small UAV

Robert Malmqvist, Carl Samuelsson, Andreas Gustafsson, Tomas Boman, Svante Björklund, Roland Ericsson, Pekka Rantakari, Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä

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Abstract

We present a system concept for a Ka-band multi-functional electronically steerable antenna (ESA) on a small UAV that is based on using sub-arrays with low-loss RF MEMS phase shifters. Our analysis shows that low phase shifter losses are critical if the dissipated radar hardware DC power should fit within the given requirements. The results presented in this paper also indicate that adequate performance (in terms of 2 dB of average losses at 35 GHz) can be possible to achieve with a Ka-band 4-bits MEMS phase shifter design made on quartz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2007 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2007
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	969-972
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-0749-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-0748-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2007.4554733
Publication status	Published - 2007
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2007 - Bangkok, Thailand Duration: 11 Dec 2007 → 14 Dec 2007

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Conference	Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2007
Abbreviated title	APMC 2007
Country/Territory	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Period	11/12/07 → 14/12/07

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Phase shifter
Electronically Steerable Antennas

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Malmqvist, R., Samuelsson, C., Gustafsson, A., Boman, T., Björklund, S., Ericsson, R., Rantakari, P., & Vähä-Heikkilä, T. (2007). On the use of MEMS phase shifters in a low-cost Ka-Band multifunctional ESA on a small UAV. In Proceedings of the 2007 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2007 (pp. 969-972). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2007.4554733

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On the use of MEMS phase shifters in a low-cost Ka-Band multifunctional ESA on a small UAV. / Malmqvist, Robert; Samuelsson, Carl; Gustafsson, Andreas et al.
Proceedings of the 2007 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2007. Piscataway: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2007. p. 969-972.

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