New Calibration MethodUsed for Active Phased Array Antennas

Thomas Lambard (1, 2) , Hervé Jeuland (2) , Olivier Lafond (3) , Mohamed Himdi (1) , Sylvain Bolioli (2)

1 IETR - Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes
2 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Palaiseau]
3 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique

This paper deals with the design of a Ku-band phased array antenna where phase shifting is performed through the use of reflection-type phase shifters controlled with varactor diodes. The paper describes a new calibration method which can provide the bias voltage to be applied to each phase shifter in order to scan the beam in the desired direction.

Mots clés: Active phased array

Domaines: Electromagnétisme

Thomas Lambard, Hervé Jeuland, Olivier Lafond, Mohamed Himdi, Sylvain Bolioli. New Calibration MethodUsed for Active Phased Array Antennas. EUCAP 2011, Apr 2011, Rome, Italy. pp 1638-1641. ⟨hal-00658218⟩