Title :
Simplified linearly polarised contoured beam reflector antenna for a European coverage requirement
Author :
Crone, G.A.E. ; Roederer, A.G.
Author_Institution :
European Space Agency ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The design of a linearly polarised contoured beam reflector antenna for a European coverage requirement is described. The antenna is a 1.1 m offset reflector, fed by an array of only five rectangular feed horns, operating in a 10.7¿11.7 GHz band. The minimum gain requirement of 28 dBi for the contoured beam, in contrast to the current ECS-1 CEPT (Conference Europeenne de Poste et Telecommunication) elliptical Eurobeam gain requirement of 25 dBi, is achieved.
Keywords :
broadcast antennas; directive antennas; microwave antennas; reflector antennas; satellite relay systems; 10.7 to 11.7 GHz band; European coverage; broadcast antennas; contoured beam; directive antennas; linear polarisation; microwave antennas; minimum gain requirement; offset reflector; rectangular feed horn array; reflector antenna; satellite relay systems;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830490
