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  • Waveguide Slot Array with Code-Division Multiplexing Function for Single RF Chain Digital Beamforming Open Access

    Narihiro NAKAMOTO  Kazunari KIHIRA  Toru FUKASAWA  Yoshio INASAWA  Naoki SHINOHARA  

     
    PAPER-Antennas and Propagation

      Vol:
    E107-B No:8
      Page(s):
    541-551

    This study presents a novel waveguide slot array with a code-division multiplexing function for single RF chain digital beamforming. The proposed antenna is comprised of a rectangular metallic waveguide’s bottom part and a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) with the rectangular waveguide’s top wall and slot apertures. Multiple pairs of two symmetric longitudinal slots are etched on the metal surface of the PCB, and a PIN diode is mounted across each slot. The received signals of each slot pair are multiplexed in a code-division multiplexing fashion by switching the diodes’ bias according to the Walsh Hadamard code, and the original signals are then recovered through a despreading process in the digital domain for digital beamforming. A prototype antenna with eight slot pairs has been fabricated and tested for proof of concept. The measured results show the feasibility of the proposed antenna.