Photonic Integrated Beam Forming and Steering Network Using Switched True-Time-Delay Silica-Based Waveguide Circuits
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This paper proposes a photonic integrated beam forming and steering network (BFN) that uses switched true-time-delay (TTD) silica-based waveguide circuits for phased array antennas. The TTD-BFN has thermooptic switches and variable time delay lines. This TTD-BFN controls four array elements, and can form and steer a beam. An RF test was carried out in the 2.5 GHz microwave frequency range. The experimental results show a peak-to-peak phase error of 6.0 degrees and peak-to-peak amplitude error of 2.0 dB. Array factors obtained from the measured results agree well with the designed ones. This silica-based beam former will be a key element in phased array antennas.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E79-C No.1 pp.74-79
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- 1996/01/25
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- Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Optomicrowave Techniques and Their Applications)
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- Optically Controlled Beam Forming Networks
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Kohji HORIKAWA, Ikuo OGAWA, Tsutomu KITOH, Hiroyo OGAWA, "Photonic Integrated Beam Forming and Steering Network Using Switched True-Time-Delay Silica-Based Waveguide Circuits" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E79-C, no. 1, pp. 74-79, January 1996, doi: .
Abstract: This paper proposes a photonic integrated beam forming and steering network (BFN) that uses switched true-time-delay (TTD) silica-based waveguide circuits for phased array antennas. The TTD-BFN has thermooptic switches and variable time delay lines. This TTD-BFN controls four array elements, and can form and steer a beam. An RF test was carried out in the 2.5 GHz microwave frequency range. The experimental results show a peak-to-peak phase error of 6.0 degrees and peak-to-peak amplitude error of 2.0 dB. Array factors obtained from the measured results agree well with the designed ones. This silica-based beam former will be a key element in phased array antennas.
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