Phased array developments: An overview

This paper gives an overview of developments and projects in the area of steerable antennas (phased array) at IMST. Through the years, this type of antenna has become a key area within IMST and various projects have been conducted in the past, and are currently ongoing. Phased array antennas incorporate in general active components for beam steering, and have achieved ever more popularity during the last years, mainly driven by mobile multimedia applications. It is intended to give here an impression of the work performed, thus a global overview and not a detailed technical description. For further information it is referred to more specific publications.