Ring array antenna with optimized beamformer for simultaneous transmit and receive
                  July 8, 2012
      
      
  
    
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      2012 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symp. and USNC/URSI National Radio Sci. Mtg., 8-14 July 2012.
      
  
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    Summary
              In order to avoid self-interference, Simultaneous Transmit And Receive (STAR)  systems require low mutual coupling between their respective transmit and receive antennas. This paper discusses the development of an 8-element transmit ring array antenna on a circular ground plane with a raised receive element. When combined with a beamformer that supplies  linear progressive phase shifts to the array with opposing elements phased 180-degrees apart, the receive and transmit antennas are measured to exhibit 55 dB of isolation and omni-directional patterns in the 2.4 to 2.5 GHz band.