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K/K/sub a/-band antenna system for mobile satellite service

Densmore et al., 1993

Document ID
17609063349552455828
Author
Densmore A
Jamnejad V
Wu T
Woo K
Publication year
Publication venue
Proceedings of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed a K/K/sub a/-band mobile vehicle antenna system that is much smaller and of higher gain than the L-band antennas. The new development is the ACTS Mobile Terminal (AMT) reflector antenna system, designed for use …
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    • H01Q1/22Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
    • H01Q1/24Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
    • H01Q1/241Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
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    • H01Q19/00Combinations of primary active aerial elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the aerial a desired directional characteristic
    • H01Q19/10Combinations of primary active aerial elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the aerial a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces
    • H01Q19/12Combinations of primary active aerial elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the aerial a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are concave
    • H01Q19/13Combinations of primary active aerial elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the aerial a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are concave the primary radiating source being a single radiating element, e.g. a dipole, a slot, a waveguide termination
    • H01Q19/132Horn reflector antennas; Off-set feeding
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    • H01Q15/00Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction, or polarisation of waves radiated from an aerial, e.g. quasi-optical devices
    • H01Q15/14Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures
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    • H01Q3/2605Array of radiating elements provided with a feedback control over the element weights, e.g. adaptive arrays
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    • H01Q1/288Satellite antennas
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    • H01Q3/08Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system using mechanical movement of aerial or aerial system as a whole for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation
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