A dual band (C/Ku) feed system with transmit and receive capability

Author

Gosalia, Keyoor ; Hoferer, Robert A. ; Patel, Sharad ; Beadle, Mark

Author_Institution

Gen. Dynamics C4 Syst., Satcom Technol., Kilgore, TX

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

343

Lastpage

346

Abstract

In satellite earth station antenna systems there is an increasing demand for complex single aperture, multi-function and multi-frequency band capable feed systems. In this work, a multi band feed system (6/12 GHz) is described which employs quadrature junctions (QJ) and supports transmit and receive functionality in the C and Ku bands respectively. This feed system is designed for a 16.4 m diameter shaped cassegrain antenna. It is a single aperture, 4 port system with transmit capability in circular polarization (CP) mode over the 6.625-6.69 GHz band and receive in the linear polarization (LP) mode over the 12.1-12.3 GHz band

Keywords

antenna feeds; aperture antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; multifrequency antennas; reflector antennas; satellite ground stations; 12.1 to 12.3 GHz; 16.4 m; 6.625 to 6.69 GHz; cassegrain antenna; circular polarization mode; dual band feed system; linear polarization mode; multifrequency band capable feed systems; multifunction feed systems; quadrature junctions; receive capability; satellite earth station antenna systems; single aperture antenna; transmit capability; Antenna feeds; Apertures; Dual band; Frequency; Iron; Low pass filters; Performance loss; Polarization; Transducers; Waveguide junctions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710527

Filename

1710527