A small low sidelobe reflector antenna for the transponder for the ERS-1 AMI

Author

Medeiros, F. ; Simmons, M.D. ; van´t Klooster, K. ; Chadwick, M.

Author_Institution

ERA Technol. Ltd., Leatherhead, UK

fYear

1990

fDate

7-11 May 1990

Firstpage

160

Abstract

An electrically small offset reflector antenna (operating at 5.3 GHz) with very low sidelobes is presented. The antenna is envisaged for use in a transportable earth-based transponder for calibration of the active microwave instrument (AMI, which includes a synthetic aperture radar and a windscatterometer) onboard the European remote sensing satellite ERS-1. Antenna requirements, design, and performance are discussed. It is pointed out that stringent requirements on accuracy have pushed the testing to its limits in the far-field range.<>

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; calibration; microwave antennas; reflector antennas; remote sensing by radar; satellite antennas; transponders; 5.3 GHz; ERS-1; European remote sensing satellite; SAR; SHF; active microwave instrument; antenna design; antenna performance; calibration; earth based transponder; electrically small antenna; far-field range; low sidelobes; offset reflector antenna; synthetic aperture radar; testing; transponder; transportable transponder; windscatterometer; Ambient intelligence; Aperture antennas; Calibration; Instruments; Microwave antennas; Radar antennas; Reflector antennas; Remote sensing; Satellite antennas; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1990. AP-S. Merging Technologies for the 90's. Digest.

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1990.115073

Filename

115073