Densely Interleaved Arrays for Dual-Tone Transmitters

Anton Atanasov; Mark S. Oude Alink; Frank E. van Vliet

doi:10.1109/PAST43306.2019.9020795

Densely Interleaved Arrays for Dual-Tone Transmitters

Anton Atanasov^*, Mark S. Oude Alink, Frank E. van Vliet

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Abstract

Power amplifier nonlinearity introduces intermodulation distortion when transmitting dual-tone signals from an antenna array. To reduce distortion levels and increase output power for dual-tone systems we propose to densely interleave two antenna arrays without increasing the antenna aperture. Each array is excited with a different tone, resulting in a single-tone input for the power amplifiers, thereby reducing intermodulation distortion. In order to compare the performance of the densely interleaved array with a regular, planar array, when excited by two-tone signals, a procedure for evaluating the S-parameters matrix of an interleaved dipole array is presented. Simulations with a realistic RF power amplifier model show 13 to 31 dB intermodulation reduction for the same output power and total antenna aperture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-3049-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PAST43306.2019.9020795
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2019
Event	2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology - Waltham, United States Duration: 15 Oct 2019 → 18 Oct 2019 http://array2019.org/

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Conference	2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waltham
Period	15/10/19 → 18/10/19
Internet address	http://array2019.org/

Keywords

Phased arrays
Mutual coupling
Intermodulation
Nonlinearity
Interleaved arrays

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Active Load-Modulated Devices: A General PA Network Solution Identifying Highly Efficient Linearizer Systems
Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E., 1 Feb 2024, In: IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques. 72, 2, p. 1353-1367 15 p.
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A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays
Atanasov, A. N., van Vliet, F. E. & Oude Alink, M. S., 25 Apr 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems. 1, p. 60-68 9 p.
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A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays
Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E., 19 Dec 2022, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology (PAST). IEEE
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Atanasov, A , Oude Alink, MS & van Vliet, FE 2019, Densely Interleaved Arrays for Dual-Tone Transmitters. in 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology., 9020795, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, 15/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/PAST43306.2019.9020795

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Densely Interleaved Arrays for Dual-Tone Transmitters

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Active Load-Modulated Devices: A General PA Network Solution Identifying Highly Efficient Linearizer Systems

A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays

A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays

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