Optical true time-delay for two-dimensional X-band phased array antennas
- Authors
- Jung, Byung-Min; Shin, Jong-Dug; Kim, Boo-Gyoun
- Issue Date
- May-2007
- Publisher
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
- Keywords
- beamforming networks; optical microelectromechanical system (MEMS); phased array antennas (PAAs); true time-delay (TTD)
- Citation
- IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, v.19, no.9-12, pp.877 - 879
- Journal Title
- IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 9-12
- Start Page
- 877
- End Page
- 879
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/17815
- DOI
- 10.1109/LPT.2007.897530
- ISSN
- 1041-1135
- Abstract
- An optical true time-delay (TTD) scheme for two-dimensional (2-D) X-band phased array antennas (PAAs) has been proposed. It is composed of a multiwavelength optical source and a delay line matrix consisting of 2 x 2 optical microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches with fiber-optic delay lines connected between cross ports. A 2-bit x 4-bit optical TTD for 10-GHz 2-D PAAs has been implemented by cascading a wavelength-dependent TTD (WD-TTD) with a unit time delay of 12 ps in the x-direction and a wavelength-independent TTD (WI-TTD) with that of 6 ps in the y-direction. The time delay error for WD-TTD was measured to be less than 2.8 ps, mainly due to jitter incurred from gain-switching. On the other hand, the error for WI-TTD was less than 0.8 ps, which is within the equipment resolution. Insertion loss of both delay line matrices was less than 1 dB due to the column-wise control of the MEMS switches. This prevents the feed current applied to each antenna element from fluctuating at any radiation angles so that antenna gain and sidelobe level do not deteriorate in this scheme.
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