Design of Cost-Optimised Active Receive Array Antenna for Mobile Satellite Terminals

Author

Pellon, A. ; Carvalho, N. ; Lucke, O. ; Closas, P. ; Fernandez-Rubio, J.A. ; Sims, G. ; Salghetti Driol, L.

Author_Institution

Lda.Taguspark -Nucleo Central, Oeiras

fYear

2007

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

719

Lastpage

722

Abstract

A low profile scanning antenna for reception of S-DMB is under development in the frame of the ESA funded project "Cost-Optimised High Performance Active Receive Phase Array Antenna for Mobile Terminals (CORPA)". The aforementioned project objectives are the design, prototyping and testing of a complete antenna based on digital beam forming (DBF) providing multimedia reception within the S-DMB system. The antenna is able to electronically scan a circularly polarised beam in the range 8 to 72 degrees, covering DMB satellites and including some margin for vehicle tilt. A conformal, phased array antenna based on DBF has been selected providing an attractive solution for such medium gain antenna. Moreover, DBF allows avoiding a complex phase calibration and provides a good auto-tracking performance in a harsh environment in terms of multipath and interference.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; receiving antennas; S-DMB reception; autotracking performance; complex phase calibration; cost-optimised high performance active receive phase array antenna; digital beam forming; low profile scanning antenna; mobile satellite terminals; multimedia reception; vehicle tilt; Antenna arrays; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Mobile antennas; Multimedia systems; Phased arrays; Polarization; Prototypes; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0766-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387403

Filename

4387403