Title
Flexible beamforming for optically controlled phased array antennas
Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Commun.
Keywords
liquid crystals; optical devices; antennas; BEAM FORMER; AMPLITUDE; Optics
Abstract
Unique photonic beamformer and remoting head for phased array antennas in broadcast mode wireless communications is proposed that enables flexible antenna array upgrades via software and flexible front-head attachments. This array controller capability leads to user defined changes in number of antenna elements, antenna aperture shape, antenna aperture size and antenna carrier frequency. Experimental proof-of-concept flexible beamforming results are described that generate the desired set of phase shifted radio frequency signals. The flexible beamformer is particularly suited for generating multiple broadcast antenna beams. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Optics Communications
Volume
227
Issue/Number
4-6
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
301
Last Page
310
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0030-4018
Recommended Citation
"Flexible beamforming for optically controlled phased array antennas" (2003). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 3994.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/3994