An external calibration scheme for DBF antenna arrays

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2010-01-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Pawlak, Holger  
Jacob, Arne F.  
Institut
Hochfrequenztechnik E-3  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/7934
Journal
IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation  
Volume
58
Issue
1
Start Page
59
End Page
67
Article Number
5313929
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1 (58): 5313929 (2010-01-01)
Publisher DOI
10.1109/TAP.2009.2036195
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-73949154321
A novel calibration scheme is presented that is especially suited for complex digital beamforming (DBF) antenna arrays at millimeter-wave frequencies. Calibration data is extracted by sampling the field of each radiator at certain locations near the array by fixed probe antennas. A scalable calibration model for evaluation of the measured data is described. First tests are performed on a small passive array representing a unit cell of larger arrays. The calibration scheme is subsequently applied to and tested on a 64 element DBF transmit antenna array.
Subjects
Antenna array
Calibration
Digital beamforming
Probe antenna
DDC Class
000: Allgemeines, Wissenschaft