Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – With spaced or external radio wave refractor
Patent
1994-11-21
1996-11-19
Hajec, Donald T.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
With spaced or external radio wave refractor
343781CA, 343781P, 343840, 343909, H01Q 1906
Patent
active
055767214
ABSTRACT:
A composite antenna for use in satellite communication provides both the functions of multiple beams and a shaped beam radiated from a single radiating aperture. The radiating aperture may employ a mirror or a lens. Transmitted radiation from an array of radiators is coupled via a subreflector to the main reflector or lens which constitutes the radiating aperture of the antenna system. During reception of radiant-energy signals, signals received by the main reflector or lens are coupled via a separate subreflector to a separate array of receiving radiators operated at a frequency band different from that of the transmit array. The two subreflectors are combined into a single subreflector assembly employing a metallic concave reflector covered by a layer or coating of frequency selective optical material which allows for propagation of radiation at one frequency to the metal reflector while reflecting radiation in the other frequency band from a surface of the coating. Separate beamformers are employed for receiving and transmitting radiant-energy signals, the beamformers combining signals of clusters of radiators to provide for multiple beams wherein each of a plurality of the beams is formed by a cluster of radiators. Additional connection is provided via diplexers to the beamformers to select radiators to be employed for generation of shaped beams for both reception and transmission. The reflecting surfaces have diameters much larger than the diameters of the radiators to provide for individual beams from each of the radiators.
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Hwang Yeongming
Jakstys Vito J.
Hajec Donald T.
Ho Tan
Space Systems Loral, Inc.
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