{"title":"A novel Ka-band GaN phase shifter for SATCOM phased-array antennas","authors":"S. Mener, R. Gillard, L. Roy","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2016.7550192","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A Ka-band phase shifter is a key component of phased array antennas for SatCom applications. By using GaN technology, large power handling capability and high frequency operation can be achieved. In this paper, a HEMT GaN switch using a metal gate of 0.15μm is designed at 30 GHz for signal levels up to 37 dBm. From this efficient GaN switch, a compact and innovative monolithic phase-shifter is proposed for Ka-band operation with a 2-bit phase resolution and attractive insertion loss, isolation and bandwidth performance.","PeriodicalId":447985,"journal":{"name":"2016 17th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 17th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2016.7550192","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Ka-band phase shifter is a key component of phased array antennas for SatCom applications. By using GaN technology, large power handling capability and high frequency operation can be achieved. In this paper, a HEMT GaN switch using a metal gate of 0.15μm is designed at 30 GHz for signal levels up to 37 dBm. From this efficient GaN switch, a compact and innovative monolithic phase-shifter is proposed for Ka-band operation with a 2-bit phase resolution and attractive insertion loss, isolation and bandwidth performance.