Beamwaveguide optics designs for implementing an electronic tracking feed on reflector antennas

Author

Cha, A.G. ; Schredder, J. ; Imbriale, W.A.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

24-28 June 1991

Firstpage

164

Abstract

The authors present beamwaveguide (BWG) optics designs for implementing an electronic tracking feed on reflector antennas. The emphasis is on developing a compact BWG optics design for a 34-m reflector antenna in the NASA JPL Deep Space Network subject to the space constraint of its front equipment room. The compact design also has a cost advantage from using a much smaller mirror of high-precision surface. It is most suitable where a tracking function is needed at high frequencies. A diffraction analysis verification of the compact design is presented.<>

Keywords

antenna feeders; electromagnetic wave diffraction; optics; reflector antennas; space communication links; tracking systems; 34 m; NASA JPL Deep Space Network; beamwaveguide; diffraction analysis; electronic tracking feed; high frequencies; mirror; optics designs; reflector antennas; Antenna feeds; Costs; Diffraction; Frequency; Mirrors; NASA; Optical beams; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1991. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

London, Ontario, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0144-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1991.174798

Filename

174798