In May, Analog Devices announced the highly integrated active antenna beamforming chip "ADAR1000". The product can simplify the design of a phased array radar system for defense, monitoring, air traffic control, communication and weather observation, reducing system size, weight and power consumption.
Specifically, in the design of avionics and electronic equipment, the flat-panel antenna array becomes possible with this product, so that it is possible to downsize the conventional radar system and to make the compact and lightweight aircraft easier It becomes possible to design.
The active antenna beamforming chip with 4 channels can replace the twelve individual components required for phase / gain adjustment and digital control of the antenna, and this IC can also replace the X band to the Ku band to support Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication over a wide area.
