• DocumentCode
    1219884
  • Title

    Design and performance of a reconfigurable mesh reflector antenna. 2. Antenna performance

  • Author

    Clarricoats, P.J. ; Zhou, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Queen Mary & Westfield Coll., London Univ., UK
  • Volume
    138
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    493
  • Lastpage
    496
  • Abstract
    For pt.1 see ibid., vol.138, no.6, p.485-92 (1991). The paper describes the performance of an electronically controlled reconfigurable mesh reflector antenna operating at a frequency of 10 GHz. The antenna, which is controlled from a personal computer, is capable of being reconfigured to achieve a wide range of antenna patterns. Patterns are measured using the QMW compact antenna range and excellent agreement is obtained between measured and predicted results. Reconfiguration between a high-gain beam and a shaped beam is demonstrated as well as the potential for beam scanning without feed movement
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; 10 GHz; QMW compact antenna range; SHF; antenna pattern reconfiguration; beam scanning; high-gain beam; performance; reconfigurable mesh reflector antenna; shaped beam;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings H
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0950-107X
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    108988