MASc seminar - MohammadSadegh Faraji-Dana

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Candidate

MohammadSadegh Faraji-Dana

Title

Miniaturized Phase-Shifters for Ka-Band Phased Array Antennas

Supervisor

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Abstract

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 profile 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 antenna system. This thesis aims at the investigation of the existing solutions to realize miniaturized, low-cost and at the same time integrable phase shifters for commercial phased array antenna systems. Among few existing approaches, analog phase shifting devices based on voltage-tunable materials offers a promising solution in the design of Ka-Band phase shifters. Since one of the most important requirement in design of ka-band phase shifters for phased array system is the high level of miniaturization, dictated by antenna element spacing constraint, the thesis also addresses the highly compact structure of such phase shifters. In particular, a novel phase shifting concept based on very high dielectric constant materials is explored.