A Figure of Merit in a Time-Modulated Array
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters(2019)
摘要
In this letter, we use
G/T
as a figure of merit to evaluate the performance of time-modulated arrays (TMA). The noise performance of a receiver, which is periodically switched
on
and
off
, is quite different from that of a conventional receiver. We analytically investigate the noise performance of a TMA. Based on this analysis, the figure of merit,
$G/T$
, of the TMA structure is investigated, including the details of the receiver hardware. Moreover, the
$G/T$
of the TMA is compared with that of a phased array. The comparison indicates that the TMA structure provides the same or even better performance compared to a phased array system, which demonstrates the capability of TMA in providing reasonable
$G/T$
as a low-cost beamforming structure.
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关键词
Receivers,Phased arrays,Switches,Insertion loss,Amplitude modulation,Gain,Phase shifters
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