Sunday, May 30, 2021

T/R Module - Transmitter - Receiver Module

30.5 2021

Evolutionary Trends in Transmit/Receive Module for Active Phased Array Radars
Somsing Rathod,, K. Sreenivasulu, K.S. Beenamole, and K.P. Ray
DRDO-Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bengaluru - 560 093, India, 
DRDO-Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune - 411 025, India

https://militaryembedded.com/radar-ew/rf-and-microwave/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-using-gan-technology-in-aesa-radar-systems

https://www.everythingrf.com/News/details/11337-qorvo-introduces-10-w-gan-based-font-end-transmit-receive-modules-for-x-band-applications



22.11.2019

https://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedias/transmit-receive-modules


The classic T/R module that made high-performance X-band phased arrays possible cost on the order of $1000 each, which prevented widespread adoption of the technology. Various efforts by DARPA have attempted to bring the price down to $100.


GaN-based Components for Transmit/Receive Modules
in Active Electronically Scanned Arrays
Mike Harris, Robert Howard and Tracy Wallace
Georgia Tech Research Institute, 925 Dalney Street, Atlanta, GA 30332
Email: mike.harris  at the rate gtri.gatech.edu
CS MANTECH Conference, May 13th - 16th, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

For  a fixed power level, a GaN MMIC can be 1/3-1/4 the size of  an equivalent power GaAs MMIC.  Raytheon has found that, if the  finished GaN wafer (including material) costs 2X that of  GaAs, but yet the GaN MMIC is 1/3-1/4 the size of the GaAs MMIC, the resulting GaN solution is only 50-66% the dollars per RF watt generated (To be checked with data in Sturdivant's book).



https://www.radartutorial.eu/08.transmitters/Transmitter%20Modules%20of%20an%20Active%20Antenna.en.html

https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/28121-an-alternative-to-using-mmics-for-tr-module-manufacture?v=preview

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224652232_Design_of_TR_module_for_the_wideband_active_array_antenna

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02726343.2016.1158617?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=uemg20




Optimization

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/optimization-techniques-mimo-radar-antenna-systems


https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/2014/946817/


BEL facility Bengaluru

Automated Transmit/Receive Module Assembly Line consisting of die-attach & wire-bonding lines to increase the X-Band TR Modules production capacity.


T/R Module Design


T/R-module technologies today and possible evolutions
Conference Paper (PDF Available) · November 2009
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224127103_TR-module_technologies_today_and_possible_evolutions

APPLICATION NOTE
LTCC T/R X-Band Module With a Phased-Array Antenna
This application example describes the steps to design a transmit/receive (T/R) module with a 2x2 phased-array antenna operating in the 8-12 GHz frequency range. Several innovative capabilities within the NI AWR software are highlighted, including multi-technology and circuit/system co-simulation, as well as phased-array modeling.

https://www.awr.com/resource-library/ltcc-tr-x-band-module-phased-array-antenna


Updated on 30 May 2021
Published 22 November 2019

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