Title :
High efficiency and compact X band feed for Telemetry Applications
Author_Institution :
Centre Nat. d´´Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a compact and high efficiency feed working in dual circular polarization, in X Band (8.0 GHz - 8.45 GHz). This feed was designed for working with a pointing mechanism typically for transmitting to a ground station, data coming from earth observation or science satellite missions. All the design steps are described, and main results are presented (including performances measured on an electrical model).
Keywords :
antenna feeds; microwave antennas; polarisation; satellite antennas; telemetry; transmitting antennas; antenna feed; bandwidth 8 GHz to 8.45 GHz; dual circular polarization; ground station transmission; high efficiency compact X band feed; pointing mechanism; science satellite missions; telemetry applications; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Feeds; Horn antennas; Optimization; Satellite antennas; Software; Antennas payload telemetry data subsystem; Particle Swarm Optimization; compact test range; multimodal analysis; multimodal horn; scrimp horn; septum polarizer;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2012 15th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0290-6
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEM.2012.6262344
