Design and Development of K/Ka-Band Flat Panel Phased Array Antennas and Data Throughput Testing

This article presents the details of some of the latest flat-panel active electronically scanned phased arrays (AESA) that were designed and developed at the Antenna and Microwave Laboratory (AML), San Diego State University. The described research works were conducted in collaboration with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-PAC); United States Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center; and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center (NASA-GRC). The designed phased array antennas were characterized at the AML by measuring their beam scanning and over-the-Air (OTA) data throughput performances.