C-BAND RECEIVE MODULE FOR PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNA APPLICATIONS USING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED-CIRCUITS

Thanks to the availability of commercial off-the-shelf monolithic micr owave integrated circuits (MMIC's), low-volume multifunction microwave systems can now be developed cost effectively. In particular, the rec eive modules needed for prototyping active antenna design concepts can be made in small quantities at low cost and with short development ti mes. The Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a receive module ope rating at 4.8 to 5.2 GHz that consists primarily of off-the-shelf MMIC 's and is suitable for active antenna applications.