Title :
Design of K-band inductive dichroic mirrors for upgrading ESA deep-space antenna DSA2
Author :
Besso, Piermario ; Bozzi, Maurizio ; Formaggi, Marco ; Pasian, Marco ; Perregrini, Luca
Author_Institution :
Eur. Space Agency, Darmstadt
Abstract :
This paper describes the design of inductive dichroic mirrors to be used in the beam-waveguide feed system of deep space antenna DSA2 of the European Space Agency. In particular, these dichroic mirrors are needed to upgrade the antenna for operation in K band, a broad band recently allocated to download scientific data from space probes. The design of the dichroic mirrors and the overall performance of the antenna are discussed in this paper.
Keywords :
microwave antennas; microwave photonics; reflector antenna feeds; space research; ESA deep-space antenna DSA2; European Space Agency; K-band inductive dichroic mirrors; beam-waveguide feed system; deep space antenna; space probes; Antenna feeds; Downlink; Frequency selective surfaces; K-band; Microwave antennas; Mirrors; Physical optics; Probes; Propagation losses; Reflector antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2007. European
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-2-87487-001-9
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2007.4405233
