Stirland, 1989 - Google Patents
Multiple coverage shaped reflector for Intelsat hemi-beam requirementStirland, 1989
- Document ID
- 4519979760698648318
- Author
- Stirland S
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- 1989 Sixth International Conference on Antennas and Propagation, ICAP 89 (Conf. Publ. No. 301)
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The author discusses shaped reflector antennas as an elegant means of providing contoured beams for satellite application. They present an approach to the problem of obtaining two differently shaped, spatially isolated beams from a single shaped reflector …
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- H01Q19/00—Combinations of primary active aerial elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the aerial a desired directional characteristic
- H01Q19/10—Combinations 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
- H01Q19/12—Combinations 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
- H01Q19/13—Combinations 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
- H01Q19/132—Horn reflector antennas; Off-set feeding
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- H01Q15/00—Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction, or polarisation of waves radiated from an aerial, e.g. quasi-optical devices
- H01Q15/14—Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures
- H01Q15/16—Curved in two dimensions, e.g. paraboloidal
- H01Q15/161—Collapsible reflectors
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- H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
- H01Q1/28—Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
- H01Q1/288—Satellite antennas
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- H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system
- H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
- H01Q3/2605—Array of radiating elements provided with a feedback control over the element weights, e.g. adaptive arrays
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- H01Q21/06—Arrays of individually energised active aerial units similarly polarised and spaced apart
- H01Q21/061—Two dimensional planar arrays
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- H01Q3/12—Arrangements 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 relative movement between primary active elements and secondary devices of aerials or aerial systems
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- H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
- H04B7/14—Relay systems
- H04B7/15—Active relay systems
- H04B7/185—Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systems
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- H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot aerials; Leaky-waveguide aerials; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
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