Title :
Photonic beamforming technologies for advanced military and commercial SATCOM antennas
Author :
Leight, James ; Toland, Brent
Author_Institution :
TRW Space & Electron. Group, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
Photonically implemented beamforming requirements, architectures, and technologies are discussed for application to military and commercial SATCOM antenna systems. Several general performance requirements motivate the use of leverage from photonic beamforming to facilitate the effective implementation of future SATCOM antenna systems. A wide variety of beamforming architectures and techniques have been examined for applicability to these systems. The most attractive candidates are described as are the key photonic technologies that will enable the eventual implementation of these systems
Keywords :
array signal processing; microwave photonics; military communication; satellite antennas; commercial SATCOM antenna; military SATCOM antenna; photonic beamforming technology; Array signal processing; Biographies; Communication industry; Costs; Dynamic range; Phased arrays; Photonics; Radio frequency; Space technology; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Snowmass at Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5425-7
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1999.789781
