• DocumentCode
    3117534
  • Title

    A reflector antenna with high gain and wide angle beam steering capabilities

  • Author

    Capone, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. Spazio, Alenia Aerospazio, Rome, Italy
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    11-16 July 1999
  • Firstpage
    1156
  • Abstract
    A reflector antenna configuration is presented that allows beam steering in a wide conical coverage by a two-axes reflector rotation about the focus, while keeping fixed the feed. This approach is able to limit gain loss by high utilization of reflector surface and high reduction of phase errors on the aperture plane. A parametric study has been carried out as function of the antenna geometrical parameters and illumination function.
  • Keywords
    beam steering; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; ESA; focus; geometrical parameters; high gain antenna; illumination function; inter-orbit link antennas; parametric study; phase errors reduction; reflector antenna; reflector surface; satellite antennas; two-axes reflector rotation; wide angle beam steering; wide conical coverage; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Aperture antennas; Beam steering; Geometry; Lighting; Parametric study; Performance gain; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5639-x
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1999.789518
  • Filename
    789518