发明名称 |
A COMPACT FOLDED OPTICS ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADJACENT, HIGH GAIN ANTENNA BEAMS |
摘要 |
An antenna system comprising a feed array, a subreflector and a main reflector which are oriented to define a folded optics antenna geometry. The feed array is comprised of a plurality of separate feeds which are aligned o n a predetermined contour. Each feed is coupled to a feed network which acts to combine the illumination beams of a preselected number of feeds to produce a plurality of composite illumination beams. Each composite illumination beam is directed to be incident upon a separate predetermined location on the subreflector which directs the illumination beams towards the main reflector . Each composite illumination beam is reflected by the main reflector in a preselected direction so that each composite illumination beam forms an antenna beam that impinges a predetermined coverage area on the Earth. Each antenna beam defines a separate coverage cell in the coverage area, wherein the position and orientation of the feeds, the subreflector and the main reflector provides adjacent, antenna beams over a full Earth field of view coverage ar ea where each antenna beam is approximately symmetrically shaped.
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申请公布号 |
CA2293506(C) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.09.17 |
申请号 |
CA19992293506 |
申请日期 |
1999.12.29 |
申请人 |
TRW INC. |
发明人 |
CHANDLER, CHARLES W.;BRUNDRETT, DAVID L.;WU, TE-KAO;BROAS, ROMULO F. J. |
分类号 |
H01Q15/14;H01Q19/17;H01Q19/18;H01Q19/19;H01Q25/00;H04B7/185;(IPC1-7):H01Q1/28;H01Q3/00 |
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H01Q15/14 |
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