A Retro-Directive Antenna Array With Phase Conjugation Circuit Using Subharmonically Injection-Locked Self-Oscillating Mixers

In this paper, a novel phase conjugation circuit & its application to retro-directive antennas are presented. The phase conjugation circuit uses a balanced circuit structure with subharmonically injection locked self-oscillating mixers oscillating at . In the operation, an input signal at 2 is converted to its conjugated signal with no external source required for LO signal pumping, & the output signal frequency is locked at the same frequency of the input signal. The developed phase conjugation circuit is implemented with active antennas to become a retrodirective antenna array. Both the theoretical & measured results of phase conjugation & retro-directive performance are shown in good agreement.

In this paper, a novel phase conjugation circuit and
its application to retro-directive antennas are presented. The
phase conjugation circuit uses a balanced circuit structure with
subharmonically injection locked self-oscillating mixers oscillating
at . In the operation, an input signal at 2 is converted to its
conjugated signal with no external source required for LO signal
pumping, and the output signal frequency is locked at the same
frequency of the input signal. The developed phase conjugation
circuit is implemented with active antennas to become a retrodirective
antenna array. Both the theoretical and measured results
of phase conjugation and retro-directive performance are shown
in good agreement.