Title :
Development and field experiments of phased array antenna for land vehicle satellite communications
Author :
Sato, K. ; Nishikawa, K. ; Hirako, T.
Author_Institution :
Toyota Central Res. & Dev. Lab. Inc., Aichi, Japan
Abstract :
A planar phased array antenna and a new beam tracking system have been developed for land vehicle satellite communications. Field experiments have been conducted with the ETS-V satellite to confirm that the beam tracking system functions very well. As a result, it was found that the beam was maintained toward the satellite with a pointing error of 15 degrees , and the variation of received signal level due to tracking error was less than 2 dB.<>
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; microwave antenna arrays; mobile antennas; satellite antennas; tracking systems; ETS-V satellite; beam tracking system; field experiments; land vehicle satellite communications; mobile satellite communications; phased array antenna; planar array; pointing error; Antenna arrays; Azimuth; Beam steering; Land vehicles; Mobile antennas; Phased arrays; Research and development; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1992. AP-S. 1992 Digest. Held in Conjuction with: URSI Radio Science Meeting and Nuclear EMP Meeting., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0730-5
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1992.221585
