摘要 |
A steerable antenna or scanner assembly (10) is connected to signal process means (12). A housing (14) surrounds a focusing antenna (16) which is stationary relative to the housing (14), a polarisation rotator (18), a steerable reflector (20) angularly movable about a pivot axis (22), and a detector (24). Incoming radiation passes through the focusing antenna (16), has its polarisation altered as it passes through rotator (18), reflects off reflector (20), passes through rotator (18) again, encounters the antenna (16) again and this time reflects off it to focus down, passes through rotator (18) again, encounters the steerable reflector (20) again and this time passes through it to reach the detector (24). Moving the reflector (20) angularly steers the directional sensitivity of the assembly (10).
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