• DocumentCode
    343949
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    233
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Snowmass at Aspen, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5425-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AERO.1999.789781
  • Filename
    789781