Design of phase modulation antenna array with stable overall efficiencies

Q Zeng, P Yang, L Yin, C Wu, F Yang… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phase modulation (PM) techniques based on time modulated arrays (TMAs) are usually
used to generate a steerable beam at the carrier frequency. However, the overall efficiency …

An improved modulation module in time-modulated array

G Ni, C He, R Jin - IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An improved modulation module for beam steering in time-modulated array (TMA) is
presented and investigated. The general improved module deploys parallel submodules …

A time-modulated antenna array with continuous sideband spectrum distribution

H Li, Y Chen, S Yang - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional time-modulated antenna arrays (TMAs) usually introduce sideband radiations at
a multiple of discrete harmonic frequencies. To improve radiation efficiency of TMAs, various …

A partition-based method for harmonic beamforming of time-modulated planar array

Y Ma, C Miao, YH Li, W Wu - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Because of the multiplication of antennas, harmonic beamforming based on the time-
modulated planar array (TMPA) requires a much longer modulation period than the time …

Time-modulated multibeam phased arrays with periodic Nyquist pulses

R Maneiro-Catoira, J Brégains… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a single sideband time-modulated multibeam phased array governed by
periodic Nyquist pulsed signals. A Nyquist pulse is a physically realizable approach to the …

Stepped Waveform Time-Modulated Multibeam Array With Beam Suppression Functionality

Q Chen, JD Zhang, MX Cai, DY Luo… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-modulated array (TMA) naturally generates a large number of sidebands to achieve
multibeam radiation. Conventional multibeam TMAs using rectangular modulation signals …

Analog beamforming using time-modulated arrays with digitally preprocessed rectangular sequences

R Maneiro-Catoira, J Brégains… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional time-modulated arrays are based on the application of variable-width
periodical rectangular pulses (easily implemented with radio frequency switches) to the …

Harmonic beamforming in antenna array with time-modulated amplitude-phase weighting technique

H Li, Y Chen, S Yang - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel module named time-modulated amplitude-phase weighting with
multiple branches (TMAPW-MB) is proposed to realize harmonic beamforming. The …

Time-modulated array beamforming with periodic stair-step pulses

R Maneiro-Catoira, J Brégains, JA García-Naya… - Signal Processing, 2020 - Elsevier
Time-modulated arrays (TMAs) are able to improve the side-lobe level of the radiation
pattern at the fundamental mode but cannot steer the beam at such a mode towards a given …

A novel electronic beam steering technique in time modulated antenna array

G Li, S Yang, Y Chen, ZP Nie - Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2009 - jpier.org
In this paper, a novel technique for electronic beam steering in time modulated linear array
(TMLA) is proposed. The beam steering technique is realized at the first sideband by …