A compact, symmetrical, three-port S-band circulator composed of reciprocal tee junctions andnonreciprocal phase shifters is investigated theoretically, and its experimental performance results are presented. The comparison of these results demonstrates that (1) circulators can be designed and their experimental performance described from a network model and (2) there is no theoretical limitati...

In this paper, a wideband photonic phased array antenna is demonstrated. The array configuration consists of a 4x1 Vivaldi single-polarization antenna array and an independent photonic phasing system for each element. The phasing network of this array is implemented using two novel photonic phase shifters based on the vector summation approach. A vector sum phase shifter (VSPS), which can be co...

This paper presents a simple and low cost fabrication approach using extended printed circuit board processing techniques for an electrostatically actuated phase shifter on a common microwave laminate. This approach uses 15 lm thin copper foils for realizing the bridge structures as well as for a spacer. A polymeric thin film deposited by spin coating and patterned using lithographic process is...

Realizing robust and stable two-way links between the mobile users and the satellite is an extremely challenging RF/Microwave engineering problem. Low cost and low pro le phased array is considered as the best solution for this problem. High performance low cost and miniaturized variable phase shifter is a key enabling technology for such complex smart phased array antenna system. This thesis a...