A Ka-Band 64-Element Deployable Active Phased-Array TX on a Flexible Hetero Segmented Liquid Crystal Polymer for Small Satellites
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- You, D.; Xi, F.; Herdian, H.; Wang, X.; Narukiyo, Y.; Fadila, A.A.; Lee, H.; Ide, M.; Kato, S.; Li, Z.; Wang, Y.; Awaji, D.; Pang, J.; Sakamoto, H.; Okada, K.; Shirane, A.
- Source
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters IEEE Microw. Wireless Tech. Lett. Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, IEEE. 33(6):903-906 Jun, 2023
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Phased arrays
Substrates
Microstrip antenna arrays
Antenna arrays
Patch antennas
Calibration
Antenna measurements
Deployable
flexible
liquid crystal polymer (LCP)
phased array
SATCOM
transmitter (TX)
- Language
- ISSN
- 2771-957X
2771-9588
A $Ka$ -band 64-element deployable active phased-array transmitter (TX) on a hetero segment liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate for small satellites is proposed. The proposed phased-array TX achieved a large array size implementation and a small form factor with integrated six-layer and two-layer LCP substrates. Antenna and transmission line designs considering hetero layer structure are presented in detail. Achieving 46.7 dBm electronically isotropically radiated power (EIRP), the proposed phased-array TX can support 256-APSK DVB-S2X. As a result, the proposed deployable active phased-array TX successfully realizes low-launch cost with a 9.65 g lightweight and large antenna aperture size with superior EVM performance.