Impact of Time-Modulated Arrays on the BER of Linear Digital Modulations

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications on 21 Aug. 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09205071.2015.1075908[Abstract] Time modulation provides a simple way to control the power radiation pattern of an antenna array. By appropriately selecting the parameters of a Time-Modulated Array (TMA) it is possible to obtain a reconfigurable pencil beam adequate for wireless communications. This work focuses on the impact of a TMA on the Bit Error Ratio (BER) performance of a wireless communication receiver with a linear digital modulation. We show how the BER of such a receiver is affected by the TMA synthesis variables.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad; TEC2013-47141-C4-1-RXunta de Galicia; Grant 2012/28