Broadband phased array antenna steering by means of coherent signal combining in an integrated ring resonator-based optical beamformer

Zhuang, L. and Meijerink, A. and Roeloffzen, C.G.H. and Marpaung, D.A.I. and Heideman, R.G. and Hoekman, M. and Leinse, A. and Etten van, W.C. (2008) Broadband phased array antenna steering by means of coherent signal combining in an integrated ring resonator-based optical beamformer. In: IEEE/LEOS Benelux Symposium, 27-28 Nov 2008, Enschede, the Netherlands.

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Abstract:	A squint-free, continuously tunable optical beamformer for broadband phased array receive antennas is proposed. The complete system is demonstrated, including E/O and O/E conversions, and optical signal processing. The latter involves delay synchronization and coherent optical combining, which is performed in an integrated ring resonator-based optical beam forming network, realized in low-loss, CMOScompatible TriPleX technology. Successful combination of four beamformer input channels has been demonstrated by means of RF-to-RF measurements.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/65346
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