Smart Antenna Terminal
a German BMWI/DLR Project (FKZ 50 YB 0710)
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A German BMWI/DLR project: The goal of SANTANA III is the development of new technologies for planar electronically steerable antennas for mobile applications, including satellite communications on ships, cars and airplanes. The project covers the research and development of innovative system architectures and new antenna concepts. A special focus of SANTANA is the creation of a flat electronically steerable antenna using digital beam forming at Ka band. Now in the third project phase, a new system architecture has been developed that can handle several thousand radiating elements in parallel. This innovative concept will be presented at the end of this project phase.
LTCC: 8 x 8 patches array for circular polarization
(frontside)
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LTCC: 8 x 8 transmit circuits with liquid cooling pipes
(backside)
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Transmit circuit (6)
Mixer
IR filter
Power amplifier
DC biasing
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LTCC multilayer layout
1: Liquid cooling intlet
2: Liquid cooling outlet
3: IF connector
4: LO mini-SMP connector
5: DC connetor
6: Transmit circuit
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EMPIRETM: Far field simulation of digital beam forming antenna in LTCC
Project period:
2007 - 2010 |
Project ID:
50-YB-0710 (Santana III) |
| Partners |
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Description |
| DLR Bonn |
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German Space Agency (Bonn): Project coordinator |
| DLR Oberpfaffenhofen |
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German Space Agency, Institute for communication and navigation |
Technical University
Hamburg-Harburg |
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Microwave antenna and design as well as characterisation |
| RHe Microsystems GmbH |
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Manufacturer of thick- and thin-film RF circuits; packaging and assembly |
| IMST GmbH |
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Microwave antenna and design as well as characterisation; modelling; LTCC prototyping |
| EPAK GmbH |
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Supplier of satellite technology |
| EADS-Astrium |
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Consultancy in scientific, space and economical questions |
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References |
| WWW |
DLR Internet Site |
| Flyer |
Santana-Flyer |
| Lecture |
W. Simon, J. Kassner, O. Litschke, H. Fischer, S. Holzwarth, P. Uhlig: "Highly Integrated Ka Band Antenna Array", MTT of IEEE Long Island, Lecture, June, 2010 |
| Paper |
P. Uhlig, S. Holzwarth, M. Geissler: "Antenna Concepts for Ceramic Multilayer Modules", CICMT: Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technologies, Denver, Colorado, April 21-23, 2009 |
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