Title :
A study of the minimization of communications equipment mass to the side lobe level of a large deployable mesh reflector antenna for mobile communications satellites
Author :
Sato, S.-i. ; Iso, A. ; Orikasa, T. ; Sugimoto, T. ; Dooi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Space Communications Research Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The relation between the sidelobe level and on the effective mass of communications equipment, which is the sum of mesh reflector mass and high power amplifier mass, etc. is analyzed for the cluster-fed offset parabolic mesh reflector antenna. The antenna characteristics are shown in the case of the minimum communications equipment mass. it is noted that knowledge of the relation between the sidelobe level and the effective mass is useful for designing a large deployable mesh reflector antenna.<>
Keywords :
reflector antennas; satellite antennas; antenna characteristics; cluster-fed offset parabolic mesh reflector antenna; communications equipment mass; large deployable mesh reflector antenna; minimization; mobile communications satellites; sidelobe level; Apertures; Artificial satellites; Communication equipment; Frequency; ISO; Mobile antennas; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas; Switches; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1991. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
London, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0144-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1991.175179
