Affordability has been one of the major stumbling blocks of the phased array antenna technology. The very expensive customized solutions have made large scale deployment of phased arrays highly problematic. The extreme tolerancing of the RF circuits required to support microwave and millimeter wave phased arrays and the need for costly RFICs in large numbers have driven up the cost of such systems.

EMAG Technologies Inc. has developed a low cost, proprietary, three-dimensional integration technology, called VISAT™, which supports phased array designs up to millimeter wave bands. Our active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology offers a remarkable SWAP (size, weight and power) performance at significantly reduced cost targets. The technology is frequency scalable and naturally supports common architecture operation. Because the antenna has a single general purpose IF port and a simple control interface, a broad range of functions can easily be implemented using a single architecture. VISAT™ presents a considerably lower visual signature and lesser integration burden than traditional antennas. Our technology utilizes inherently low cost PCB fabrication methods, making it very affordable for large scale phased array deployment.