Opto-VLSI-based broadband true-time delay generation for phased array beamforming

Electronically controlled phased-array antennas can adaptively scan radiated beams in three-dimensional space without mechanically moving parts. While most of the research on phased-array antennas has been focusing on broadband beam steering less attention has been devoted to null steering. Broadban...

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Main Authors: Juswardy, Budi, Xiao, F., Alameh, K.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46604
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Summary:Electronically controlled phased-array antennas can adaptively scan radiated beams in three-dimensional space without mechanically moving parts. While most of the research on phased-array antennas has been focusing on broadband beam steering less attention has been devoted to null steering. Broadband null steering requires a beamformer that can generate variable and frequency independent true time-delays (TTD). In this paper we propose and demonstrate the concept of an Opto-VLSI-based tunable true-time delay generation unit for adaptive null steering in phased array antennas, where arbitrary single or multiple true-time delays can simultaneously be synthesized. Simulated azimuth gain patterns for a 4- element antenna arrays is presented, and experimental results are shown, which demonstrate the principle of the proposed true-time delay unit. © 2009 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.