Smart Antenna Skins, including Conformal Array, MMICs and Applications
conference paper
Low-cost technologies are presented for future space-borne and airborne SAR systems. These
technologies include state-of-the art highly integrated circuits to miniaturise front-end,
solutions to lower-cost interconnection technologies, new beamforming aspects and
new architectures.
The MMICs address the needs for current and future phased-array topologies as for example
the concept of "smart skins". The MMICs functions to be presented are highly integrated
RF-control circuits and wide-band, high gain, high-effrciency solid state power amplifiers.
Various MMIC solutions at X-band and at Ka-band for amplitude and phase control are
shown. The design, manufacturing, performance and application of fully integrated
multi-functions mixed-signal chips are presented
technologies include state-of-the art highly integrated circuits to miniaturise front-end,
solutions to lower-cost interconnection technologies, new beamforming aspects and
new architectures.
The MMICs address the needs for current and future phased-array topologies as for example
the concept of "smart skins". The MMICs functions to be presented are highly integrated
RF-control circuits and wide-band, high gain, high-effrciency solid state power amplifiers.
Various MMIC solutions at X-band and at Ka-band for amplitude and phase control are
shown. The design, manufacturing, performance and application of fully integrated
multi-functions mixed-signal chips are presented
TNO Identifier
95317
Publisher
International Research Centre for Telecommunications-Transmission and Radar
Source title
International Symposium on Antennas for Radar Earth Observation, held on the occasion of the inauguration of Prof. P. Hoogeboom, at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 8-9th June 2000
Editor(s)
Morrow, I.L.
Place of publication
Delft