| Demonstration of Adaptive Analogue Beam Forming in the E-Band |
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Val Dyadyuk, Leigh Stokes, Nasiha Nikolic, Andrew R. Weily |
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ICT Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation |
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| Abstract |
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In this paper, we report the test results of a small-scale prototype that implements an analogue-beam-formed phased antenna array in the E-band. A four-channel dual-conversion receive RF module for 71~76 GHz frequency band has been developed and integrated with a linear end-fire antenna array. Measured performance is very close to the simulated results. An ad-hoc wireless communication system has also been demonstrated. Low BER was measured for an 8PSK data stream at 1.5 Gbps with the receive array beam formed in the direction of arrival of the transmitted signal. To our knowledge this is the first steerable antenna array reported to date in the E-band. |
| Key words:
Millimeter Wave Radio Communications, Antenna Arrays, Beam Steering |
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