Automatic transmission parameters measurement and radiation pattern simulation for an RF photonic integrated beamformer

Burla, M. and Lavabre, E. and Roeloffzen, C.G.H. and Marpaung, D.A.I. and Zhuang, L. and Khan, M.R.H. and Etten van, W. (2011) Automatic transmission parameters measurement and radiation pattern simulation for an RF photonic integrated beamformer. In: Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter 2011, 1-2 December 2011, Ghent, Belgium.

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Abstract:	We present the implementation and demonstration of a software tool for the performance characterization of integrated N-by-1 photonic beamformers for phased array antennas. The software operates the automatic measurement of the transmission parameters of an equivalent N+1 ports microwave network, corresponding to the complex excitations of the individual antenna elements of the array. The measured excitations are used to simulate the array factor generated by the optical beamformer and to analyze it in terms of maximum directivity, sidelobe levels and wideband behaviour. The software provides a useful tool to test the wideband performance of the network, the effects of excitation inaccuracies, and a straightforward evaluation of the effects of amplitude and phase weighting for beam shaping.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
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