DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A 2 GHZ ACTIVE INTEGRATED ANTENNA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Higher Tech. Institute, 10th of Ramadan City

2 Dept of Microwave, National Institute for Standard, El-Haram, Giza.

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of a 2 GHz active integrated antenna module. The module comprises a microwave amplifier, a 3-dB hybrid coupler, and a microstrip-patch antenna. The module is implemented using the microstrip-line technology. It gives a performance that is very close to the theoretical one. This module can be used in many applications such as active and semi-active seekers, satellite communication, radio altimeters, missile technology, weapon fuzing, manpack equipment, remote sensing, and biomedical radiators.

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