Phased array for maritime satcom applications

Author

Geissler, M. ; Woetzel, F. ; Böttcher, M. ; Korthoff, S. ; Lauer, A. ; Eube, M. ; Wleklinski, M.

Author_Institution

IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A phased array has been designed for maritime satellite communication applications. The antenna consists of 26 patch elements that are mounted on a nearly spherical aperture. The antenna allows full duplex communication via L-band satellite systems like Inmarsat BGAN or Thuraya. This design is an innovative and powerful alternative to current mechanically steered systems. Intermediate results of this antenna design were already presented in previous papers. This current paper gives an update on the status of this project and shows the results of the final demonstrator.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; aperture antennas; marine communication; microstrip antenna arrays; satellite antennas; Inmarsat BGAN; L-band satellite system; Thuraya; antenna design; full duplex communication; maritime Satcom application; maritime satellite communication; patch element antenna; phased array; spherical aperture; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Arrays; Marine vehicles; Satellite antennas; Software; Antennas; Phased arrays; satellite communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (GeMIC), 2011 German

Conference_Location

Darmstadt

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9225-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9812668-3-2

Type

conf

Filename

5760733