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Large Aperture, Scanning, L-Band SARWe have developed the first L-band membrane-based active phased array. The antenna is a 16x16 element patch array with dimensions of 2.3mx2.6m. The array uses membrane-compatible Transmit/Receive (T/R) modules for electronic beam steering. We will discuss the antenna design, the fabrication of this large array, the T/R module development, the signal distribution approach and the measured results of the array.
Document ID
20150006915
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Moussessian, Alina
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Del Castillo, Linda
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bach, Vinh
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Grando, Maurio
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Quijano, Ubaldo
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Smith, Phil
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Zawadzki, Mark
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
April 29, 2015
Publication Date
March 9, 2011
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 3, 2011
End Date: March 9, 2011
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
defense related phased array
membrane array architecture

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