A quadruple subharmonic phase-conjugating array for secure picosatellite crosslinks

Author

Murakami, B.T. ; Roque, Justin D. ; Sung, Stephen S. ; Shiroma, Grant S. ; Miyamoto, Ryan Y. ; Shiroma, Wayne A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

6-11 June 2004

Firstpage

1687

Abstract

A retrodirective array for use in secure picosatellite networks is presented. This is the first reported array that uses quadruple subharmonic mixing which relaxes the requirements on a high-frequency local oscillator. The array demonstrates circular polarization and two-dimensional retrodirectivity for a free-floating satellite environment. Bistatic radiation-pattern measurements demonstrate the effectiveness of the design.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; microwave mixers; oscillators; satellite links; 2D retrodirectivity; bistatic radiation-pattern; circular polarization; free-floating satellite environment; high-frequency local oscillator; microwave antenna arrays; phased arrays; picosatellite networks; quadruple phase-conjugating array; quadruple subharmonic mixing; retrodirective array; satellite antennas; secure picosatellite crosslinks; subharmonic phase-conjugating array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Local oscillators; Microwave antenna arrays; Phased arrays; Polarization; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1338914

Filename

1338914