Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP 2012)
11 - 13 September 2012
K-to-W-Band Phased Array Antenna Technology
Sean Ortiz
Harris Corporation, USA
Abstract
A 16-110 GHz phased array concept is presented. The proposed aperture integrates the decade bandwidth phased array technologies from Harris Corp. with the 3D micromachined manufacturing technologies from Nuvotronics, LLC.
Bio
Sean C. Ortiz (S’96 – M’01 – SM’08) received the B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, in 2001. He is currently with the Government Communication Systems Division, Harris Corporation, Melboune, FL. His research interests include spatial power combining amplifiers, waveguide feed components, transmit–receive active antennas, passive feed structures, and multi-octave bandwidth phased arrays. He currently leads the Advanced Apertures and RF group under the Advanced Systems and Technology Business Area at Harris Corp. and is focused on developing multi-octave bandwidth phased arrays.
Dr. Ortiz is a senior member of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S).