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Patent No.:

US 9397397 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2012

Electronically-steered ku-band phased array antenna comprising an integrated photonic beamformer

Applicant:

Universiteit Twente, Enschede, NL;

Inventors:

Willem Paul Beeker, Cambridge, GB;

Chris Gerardus Hermanus Roeloffzen, Weerselo, NL;

Leimeng Zhuang, Zwolle, NL;

Johannes Wilhelmus Eikenbroek, Emmen, NL;

Paul Klatser, Markelo, NL;

Paulus Wilhelmus Leonardus van Dijk, Tilburg, NL;

Assignee:

Universiteit Twente, , NL;

Attorney:

Kaplan Breyer Schwarz & Ottesen, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Frank J McGue

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/2682 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2676 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract

A phased-array antenna that includes a photonic beamformer is disclosed. In some embodiments, a front stage of electrical-domain processing applies a 16-to-1 signal-combination ratio, a single stage of photonic beamforming applies a 4-to-1 signal-combination ratio, and a passive, electrical-domain, signal combiner applies a 32-to-1 signal-combination ratio.

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