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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2016.27.11.978

X-Band Phased Array Antenna Module for the Beam Compensation of an Aircraft Wing Mounted Antenna  

Choi, Woo-Yeol (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Seo, Jung-Hoon (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Hyun-Ho (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Baek, Kun-Woo (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Hong, Sung-Yong (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Publication Information
The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.27, no.11, 2016 , pp. 978-986 More about this Journal
Abstract
X-band phased array antenna module for the compensation of deformed beam direction by wing deformation is designed and fabricated. The phased array antenna module consists of array antenna, phase shifter, power divider and control circuit. To select out the best component, the variation of radiation pattern by wing bending and phase error of components is simulated. The fabricated phased array antenna module shows an antenna gain of 5.84 dBi, a return loss of 13.6 dB and a bandwidth of 10.6 % at 9.375 GHz. The test bed was set up to verify the performance of beam direction compensation. This test confirmed that the main beam direction of array antenna has been well restored under wing bending of 9 %.
Keywords
Phase Array Antenna; Phase Shifter; Power Divider; Beam Direction Compensation;
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