Title :
Flight Segment Microwave Link Antennas for Transmission of Ultra-stable Time Signals
Author :
Hartwanger, Christian ; Gehring, Ralf ; Hong, Unpyo ; Wolf, Helmut ; Hess, Marc-Peter ; Kehrer, Johannes ; Seidel, Achim
Author_Institution :
EADS Astrium, Munich
Abstract :
The paper is subject to the design and RF test of microwave link antennas which must provide very low phase variation of the radiation pattern over a nearly hemi-spherical field of view.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; microwave links; RF test; flight segment microwave link antennas; radiation pattern; ultra-stable time signal transmission; Aperture antennas; Assembly; Design optimization; Dipole antennas; Downlink; Horn antennas; Instruments; Microwave antennas; Radio frequency; Transmitting antennas; ACES; Antenna; Atomic Clock; Microwave Link; Phase Centre;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, 2007. INICA '07. 2nd International ITG Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-3-00-021643-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-021643-5
DOI :
10.1109/INICA.2007.4353950
