A Distributed Mixer-Based Nonreciprocal CRLH Leaky Wave Antenna for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive

Shaghayegh Vosoughitabar, Minning Zhu, Chung Tse Michael Wu

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Abstract

A nonreciprocal composite right/left-handed (CRLH) leaky wave antenna (LWA) based on a distributed mixer (DM) is proposed to achieve simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR). The DM structure consists of field-effect transistors (FETs) as mixing devices with a CRLH transmission line (TL) as the drain line and a microstrip line as the gate line. In the receive mode, the carrier LO signal in the gate line and the RF signal in the drain CRLH TL are along the same direction, while in the transmit mode, the RF signal is injected from the drain CRLH line at the opposite direction of the carrier LO signal from the gate line. Owing to distributed mixing principle, it will be shown that the reverse conversion gain for the down-converted IF signal can provide isolation between the transmit and receive operation, i.e. RF signals of opposite directions, thereby enabling the simultaneous transmit and receive characteristic.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages408-411
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665403078
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 7 2021
Event2021 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2021 - Virtual, Atlanta, United States
Duration: Jun 7 2021Jun 25 2021

Publication series

NameIEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
Volume2021-June
ISSN (Print)0149-645X

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Atlanta
Period6/7/216/25/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Radiation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Composite right/left-handed-transmission lines (CRLH TLs)
  • distributed mixers (DMs)
  • leaky wave antennas (LWAs)
  • non-reciprocal
  • simultaneous transmit and receive

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