…Subject to change…
Consumer Priced Antenna Subsystems
for LEO Satellite Terminals and
Local Multi-Point Distribution Systems, LMDS
Moderated by
Don Brown, Director, IWPC
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Rene Douville, IWPC Technical Director
Sunday, January 24, 1999Marriott Phoenix Hotel 1101 North 44th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008 TEL: 602-273-7373 FAX: 602-273-7333 |
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SPECIAL TUTORIAL for IWPC MEMBERS
Microwave/Millimeter Wave Antenna Fundamentals "for Non Antenna Experts" ™ |
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Noon |
Registration |
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12:30 PM |
Lunch |
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SPECIAL TUTORIAL FOR IWPC MEMBERS |
Microwave/Millimeter Wave Antenna Fundamentals "for Non Antenna Experts" ™ Presented By |
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5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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6:30 PM |
Dinner |
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Monday, January 25, 1999 Marriott Phoenix Hotel 1101 North 44th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008 TEL: 602-273-7373 FAX: 602-273-7333 |
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Workshop
Consumer Priced Antenna Subsystems for LEO Satellite Terminals and Local Multi-Point Distribution Systems, LMDS |
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January 25, 1999 (Cont’d) Monday AM |
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast & Registration |
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9:00 AM (5 min) |
OPENING REMARKS |
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9:05 AM (25 min) |
INTRODUCTIONS |
Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process. |
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SERVICE PROVIDERS |
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9:30 AM (45 min) |
BROADBAND LEO SERVICES |
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Teledesic - Jim Miller ·
SES Astra - Jens Krause ·
Motorola - Lou Farina |
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10:15 AM (30 min) |
LMDS SERVICE SYSTEMS
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Belstar - Jack Van der Star ·
MACOM – Gary Lerude |
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10:45 AM (15 min) |
BREAK |
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TERMINAL SUPPLIERS |
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11:00 AM (30 min) |
CUSTOMER PREMISES SATELLITE TERMINALS -ANTENNA SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
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Motorola - Hugh Malone |
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LMDS CUSTOMER PREMISES TERMINALS - ANTENNA SUBSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
· M/A-COM - Roy Hebert
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Noon |
LUNCH |
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January 25, 1999 (Cont’d) Monday PM |
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1:00 PM (60 min) |
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS Comparisons and Similarities of competing wideband services and Systems |
· Will LEO and LMDS Compete or Complement? Will either survive? · Will the volumes be high enough to make a production difference? · Are there significant differences between the basic requirements for RF and Antenna Subsystems in the LEO and LMDS? · Are there common technologies to LEO and LMDS and can they support each other? |
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ANTENNA SUPPLIERS |
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2:00 PM (45 min) |
SHAPED SURFACE FOCUSING ANTENNAS |
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Datron-Mark Raynor ·
Tiltek- Dave Tilston · Others from the floor |
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2:45 PM (45 min) |
PHASE FOCUSING ANTENNAS
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· Kyocera-A. Piloto (Advanced Packaging Applications for Phased Arrays) ·
CRC- Michel Cuhaci · Others from the floor |
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3:30 PM (15 min) |
BREAK |
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3:45 PM (45 min) |
STEERING MECHANISMS and RADOMES · Gimbaled · Electronic · Hybrid · Radomes |
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Fibercote-Laura Grasso ·
ESSCO-Tony Monk ·
Willow Systems Ltd.-Doug Elerath |
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4:30 PM (30 min) |
FILTERS, TRANSMIT/RECEIVE DUPLEXING AND FEED SYSTEMS Dichroic surfaces, circulators, diplexers, etc. |
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Merrimac-R. DeLillo |
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5:00 PM (60 min) |
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS Commonalties, Differences and Significance of Solutions |
· How close are the present solutions? · Will the Electronic Arrays (ESAs) get there? · Are the hurdles in making the ESAs cost effective insurmountable? · Can some of the features of MSA’s and ESA’s be combined better? Hybrids? · How could new materials help? · Where are the costs in MSA’s and ESA’s? |
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6:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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7:00 PM |
Entertainment -- Wild West Style Bring your blue jeans, please!
Round trip bus transportation provided from Hotel |
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Tuesday, January 26, 1999
Marriott Phoenix Hotel 1101 North 44th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008 TEL: 602-273-7373 FAX: 602-273-7333
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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MM WAVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE and RF COMPONENT SUPPLIERS |
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8:45 AM (30 min) |
RF Assemblies · LO’s · LNC’s · SSPA’s |
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9:15 AM (45 min) |
MM WAVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPLIERS · III-V · Silicon · MEMs |
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Univ of Colorado – Dr. K.C. Gupta ·
M/A-COM – Gary Lerude |
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10:00 AM (30 min) |
INTEGRATION & PACKAGING SUPPLIERS |
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Amkor - Steve Anderson ·
MACOM – Gary Lerude |
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10:30 AM |
BREAK |
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10:45 AM (60 min) |
MATERIALS SUPPLIERS · Substrates · Interconnect, thermal management and radome.
Laminate |
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11:45 noon |
LUNCH |
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January 26, 1999 (Cont’d) Tuesday PM |
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12:45 PM (60 min) |
WORKING GROUPS The group will interactively discuss and identify opportunities for future fruitful development. We will break into small working groups and allow members to interact with like and no-so-like minded professionals. The goal of this process is to clarify the needs and identify new opportunities for development. Each working group will identify a leader and at the end, the leader will make a short presentation on the findings and conclusions of their group. |
Possible suggestions: (other suggestions invited) · MSA techniques, materials, alternatives · ESA’s- Feed line loss reduction, MEMs, device count minimization, array structures · Steering mechanisms · Planar antenna alternatives-pros and cons · Reflector/Lens alternatives · Power Amplifiers- devices, assembly techniques, thermal issues · ODU Design and “block and level” tradeoffs · Overall packaging, thermal and mounting and installation issues · Ceramics vs Soft substrates- where do they fit and can they work together? · Ceramics Solutions- are they there yet? · RF Integration or MMIC- where is the tradeoff? · Review ODU Specs |
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1:45 PM (60 min) |
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS
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Group will come together and have an interactive discussion to exchange and challenge ideas presented by working group leaders. This process dramatically expands the thinking of the attendees. PM |
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2:45 PM (30 min) |
CLOSING REMARKS & NEXT STEPS??
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3:15 PM |
ADJOURN |
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4:00 PM |
MOTOROLA SATELLITE FACTORY TOUR |
Round trip bus transportation provided from Hotel. |
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