Title :
A large imaging array in Ka band with a substrate integrated waveguide Pillbox beamformer
Author :
Legay, Herve ; Girard, Etienne ; Valerio, Guido ; Ettorre, Mauro ; Ali, Ahmad ; Sauleau, Ronan
Author_Institution :
Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
A novel multiple beam antenna is proposed in Ka band. It consists of a dual reflector imaging configuration magnifying a reconfigurable phased array of smaller size, that produce a 2D coverage of multiple spot beams with a quasi-optical beamformer made of Pillbox 1D beamformers.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; multibeam antennas; substrate integrated waveguides; 2D coverage; Ka band; Pillbox 1D beamformers; dual-reflector imaging configuration; imaging array; multiple-beam antenna; quasioptical beamformer; reconfigurable phased array; spot beams; substrate integrated waveguide Pillbox beamformer; Apertures; Arrays; Imaging; Optical beams; Optical distortion; Reflector antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 2014 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antibes Juan-les-Pins
DOI :
10.1109/CAMA.2014.7003354
