Ka Band Phased Array Development Platform

The growth within the satellite communication market continues to expand rapidly with advances in technology. However, the barrier to entry is driven predominately by cost and risk. The cost for research and development, thousands of manhours required from a multidisciplinary team, and the development cost to build and validate a proof of concept can be overwhelming. Especially for those who would like to explore the application space for the first time the cost and the risk may be prohibitive. To help ease the barrier to entry into the phased array technology space for satellite communication, the Aerospace and Defense organization within Analog Devices has developed a Ka band evaluation platform. Coupled with the development platform is a collaboration with Keysight Technologies on array calibration. Phased array antenna calibration has typically been time consuming and expensive. A compact antenna range coupled with commercial test equipment provides an economical and fast solution for calibrating these antennas