Ultra-Wideband Phased Arrays for Small Mobile Platforms

Authors

Alexander D. JohnsonFollow

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Major/Program

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor's Name

John L. Volakis

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee chair

Second Advisor's Name

Elias A. Alwan

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Third Advisor's Name

Shubhendu Bhardwaj

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Fourth Advisor's Name

Arvind Agarwal

Fourth Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Keywords

electrical and computer engineering

Date of Defense

6-28-2019

Abstract

This dissertation presents the development of a new class of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) apertures for aerial applications by introducing designs with over 50:1 bandwidth and novel differential feeding approaches. Designs that enable vertical integration for flip-chip millimeter-wave (UWB) transceivers are presented for small aerial platforms. Specifically, a new scalable tightly coupled array is introduced with differential feeding for chip integration. This new class of beam-forming arrays are fabricated and experimentally tested for validation with operation from as low as 130 MHz up to 18 GHz. A major achievement is the study of millimeter wave beamforming designs that operate from 22-80 GHz, fabricated using low-cost printed circuit board (PCB) methods. This low-cost fabrication approach and associated testing of the beamforming arrays are unique and game-changing.

Identifier

FIDC007812

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8398-038X

Previously Published In

Portions of the dissertation have been published by IEEE as conference and journal papers

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Alexander D., "Ultra-Wideband Phased Arrays for Small Mobile Platforms" (2019). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4222.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4222