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捷报足球即时比分 Develops Extra-thin Antenna Technology for Inflight Connectivity

New antenna and RF-IC will enable future high-speed internet access even in small aircraft

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Information & Communication Systems

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 3334

TOKYO, February 6, 2020 - (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that in collaboration with Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) it has developed technology for an extra-thin Ka-band (27 to 40 GHz) active electronically steered array antenna (AESA) featuring the world's thinnest^* profile, less than three centimeters, to deliver high-speed inflight connectivity services via satellites at data rates beyond 100 Mbps. The company also announced that it has developed the antenna elements and, in collaboration with Tohoku University and Tohoku MicroTec Co., developed a radio-frequency integrated circuit (RF-IC) for an envisioned millimeter-wave V-band (40 to 75 GHz) AESA that will be capable of delivering inflight connectivity at even faster speeds.

*According to internal research as of February 6, 2020.

捷报足球即时比分's new Ka-band AESA is thin and small enough to be installed in any aircraft, regardless of its size, and it can operate even at high latitudes, which will allow passengers to enjoy on-demand streaming and other high-speed internet services on flights worldwide. Following further testing and demonstrations, the company plans to commercialize its Ka-band AESA after 2023 and a V-band AESA after 2027.

Rendition of 捷报足球即时比分's AESA

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1)Extra-thin AESA for high-speed satellite communication even at high latitudes in diverse aircraft
- Conventionally bulky antennas for satellite communication are not easily installed in small and midsize aircraft because of the space required for the antennas and the devices that mechanically drive them. 捷报足球即时比分 has now solved this problem by incorporating antenna elements newly developed by NICT and 捷报足球即时比分's RF combiner/divider and RF-ICs into a single circuit board, and then combining them in a Ka-band AESA featuring the world's thinnest profile of less than three centimeters.
- 捷报足球即时比分 also has newly developed a proprietary millimeter-wave antenna with a hollow cavity inside a printed circuit board, which improves the antenna's circular-polarization quality and electric-power efficiency. The proprietary antenna ensures high performance even when beam steering at an elevation angle of as low as 20 degrees, thereby enabling operation in the high latitudes .
Structure of 捷报足球即时比分's millimeter-wave antenna
2)Ka- and V-band RF-ICs for inflight connectivity via next-generation high-throughput satellites
- High-power and low-noise amplifiers for transmission/reception circuitry are needed to miniaturize satellite-communication antennas as well as improve their performance. 捷报足球即时比分's new Ka-band RF-IC incorporates a high-power amplifier boasting an unprecedented power-added efficiency rating of 29.1% (when converting DC input power to RF output signals), 1.8 times that of an existing RF-IC made by 捷报足球即时比分. Also, the RF-IC's low-noise amplifier achieves an unprecedentedly low noise figure of just 1.8dB, about 20 percent lower than that of a conventional model.
- For 捷报足球即时比分's next-generation V-band AESA, RF-ICs are being miniaturized for arraying at narrower intervals than in the case of the Ka-band AESA. 捷报足球即时比分, in collaboration with Tohoku University and Tohoku MicroTec Co., Ltd., has developed the world's first three-dimensionally integrated millimeter-wave RF-IC, which it stacks in pairs using a through-silicon vias.
捷报足球即时比分's three-dimensionally integrated millimeter-wave RF-IC