Sequential rotation in a smart antenna terminal for broadband communication

Author

Thiel, M. ; Dreher, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Navigation, German Aerosp. Center, Wessling, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

145

Abstract

The application of the principle of sequential rotation in a smart antenna terminal for broadband communication is presented. Different schemes of rotation have been applied to the array arrangement and compared. The single radiators are linearly polarized microstrip patches fed by a circular ceramic-filled waveguide. An exemplary array size has been chosen for simulations and the results are presented for the different sequential rotation schemes.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; antenna feeds; array signal processing; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; multibeam antennas; scanning antennas; adaptive beamforming; broadband communication; circular ceramic-filled waveguide; digital beamforming; fast beam-scanning; linear polarization; microstrip patches; multiple beam-generation; sequential rotation; smart antenna terminal; Array signal processing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Microstrip antenna arrays; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Space heating; Space technology; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1329574

Filename

1329574