Dual-polarized Ku-band multi-feed cluster for the CoReH2O mission

Author

Fuegen, T. ; Grafmueller, B. ; Viberg, M. ; Riegger, S. ; Hélière, F. ; Van´t Klooster, K.

Author_Institution

Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

3411

Lastpage

3415

Abstract

A dual-polarized Ku-band feed cluster is currently bread-boarded by Astrium GmbH, Ruag Space AB and Com Dev Europe for the ESA. It is proposed to be part of the dual-band (X- and Ku-band) CoReH2O Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument. The scope of the paper is to report on the design and the performance of the Ku-band feed cluster as an important part of it. It will be shown that the proposed feed cluster is best suited for CoReH2O. It allows for fast beam scanning in elevation and is characterized by easy manufacturability, low cost, low implementation effort, and high performance.

Keywords

antenna feeds; horn antennas; hydrology; meteorological radar; radar antennas; reflector antennas; synthetic aperture radar; CoReH2O mission; Ku-band; beam scanning; cold regions hydrology high resolution observatory; dual polarized multifeed cluster; horn antennas; reflector antennas; synthetic aperture radar; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Couplings; Europe;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206486

Filename

6206486