EuMW Workshop: Active Phased Arrays: Bridging Design and Measurement for Young and Industry Professionals
Active phased arrays are a cornerstone technology for emerging radar, communication, and sensing systems operating from mm-wave to sub-THz frequencies. However, the increasing complexity of these systems has widened the gap between design, simulation, realization, and measurement. This workshop aims to bridge that gap by bringing together leading experts from academia, research institutes, and industry to present a coherent, end-to-end perspective on modern active phased array development.
The program spans the full lifecycle of phased arrays, from chip-level and interposer design to scalable array architectures, radar modules, and full-duplex integrated sensing and communication systems. Key design challenges such as low-loss D-band realization, reconfigurability, MIMO operation, direct RF sampling architectures, and thermal management are addressed alongside advanced multi-physics simulation and CAE methodologies. Equally emphasized are measurement-oriented topics, including near-field power handling estimation, industrial robotics–based antenna measurements, and techniques to mitigate measurement artifacts at mm-wave and sub-THz frequencies.
By tightly coupling design methodologies with practical measurement and validation strategies, the workshop highlights how theoretical performance can be reliably translated into real-world hardware. Targeted at young professionals, researchers, and practicing engineers, this workshop provides both foundational insights and industrially relevant perspectives, equipping attendees with a holistic understanding of how to design, analyze, and measure next-generation active phased array systems with confidence.
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Marc Dirix
Estimation of power handling in near-field measurement setups for phased array antennas
While arrays are increasingly measured in OTA, meaning including receivers and amplifiers, power handling of the RAM material in de AMS must be evaluated carefully prior to switch-on
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Simona Bruni
Design, simulation and realization of phased array
This talk provides a practical overview of phased array design, simulation, and realization, highlighting how theoretical concepts are translated into working hardware. It covers key trade-offs across electromagnetic modeling and array integration, with an emphasis on validating performance through measurement. The session is tailored to help young and industry professionals connect simulation results with real-world phased array implementations.
Doganay Dogan
Element-level direct RF sampling and synthesis for next-generation antenna arrays: System benefits, practical limitation
This talk delves into element-level direct RF sampling and synthesis as a transformative architecture for next-generation antenna arrays. It clearly articulates the system-level advantages, such as enhanced flexibility and digital beamforming capability, while addressing real-world constraints including data converter performance, power consumption, and calibration complexity. By framing key design tradeoffs through both design and measurement perspectives, the talk helps attendees assess when direct RF approaches are practical and impactful for phased array implementations.
Stuart Gregson
Industrial Robotics in the Measurement of Active Array Antennas
This talk highlights how industrial robotics–based measurement systems have become essential for characterizing mm-wave active phased arrays, where tight tolerances and dense angular sampling are critical. It explains how robotic automation enables precise, repeatable positioning and rapid data acquisition that are difficult to achieve with conventional setups at these frequencies. The presentation emphasizes how such measurement approaches are key to validating array performance and closing the gap between high-frequency design and hardware realization.
Dirk Nüßler and Christian Krebs
Advanced radar module de velopment: Innovations and efficiency enhancements for flexible phased array and MIMO operat
This talk explores advanced radar module development with a focus on innovations that enable flexible phased array and MIMO radar operation. It highlights architecture-level and hardware-level techniques that improve efficiency and scalability, while addressing practical design and measurement challenges. Attendees will gain insight into how modern radar modules bridge performance requirements with implementation efficiency in real-world systems.
Eric Klumperink
Reconfigurable active phased array for full duplex integrated sensing and communication
This talk presents a reconfigurable active phased array architecture enabling full-duplex integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) within a single platform. It discusses key design challenges such as self-interference mitigation, array reconfigurability, and hardware non-idealities, and shows how these are addressed through careful co-design and measurement. The presentation highlights how practical validation bridges theory and implementation for emerging full-duplex phased array systems.
Ilker Comart
A Heterogeneous Integration Approach based on RF Si Inter poser for mm-Wave/Sub-THz Phased Arrays
This talk focuses on RF interposer design for phased arrays, emphasizing a multi-physical CAE-driven approach that captures electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical interactions. It illustrates how co-simulation and design optimization reduce loss, improve bandwidth, and ensure reliability in densely integrated arrays. Practical measurement correlation is highlighted to demonstrate how accurate modeling bridges advanced design with manufacturable hardware.
Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz
From Chip to System: A Holistic Approach to 2D Scalable Low Loss D-Band Active Phased Array Realization
This talk presents an end-to-end perspective on realizing 2D scalable, low-loss D-band active phased arrays, spanning the full path from chip-level design to system-level integration. Emphasis is placed on co-design strategies that align circuit architecture, packaging, interconnects, and array scalability with practical measurement considerations. Attendees will gain insight into how holistic design choices enable robust, high-performance phased array systems that translate cleanly from simulation to measured hardware in sub-THz frequencies.