Reconfigurable, flexible multi-user electrically steered antenna (ESA) terminal

A Reconfigurable, Flexible Multi-User (RFMU) electronically steered antenna (ESA) includes a top panel and a number of side panels that enable many contacts simultaneously with varying gain requirements from a single, in situ, installation. The top panel includes multiple subarrays and can communica...

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Hauptverfasser:	BENNETT, Jonathan James, CLARK, Robert Mark, TIANANG, Elie Germain, PORTER, Paul A, CHERRETTE, Alan, PATRICK, Mark Adam, EDLUND, Gregory Eric, KWON, Andrew H
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	A Reconfigurable, Flexible Multi-User (RFMU) electronically steered antenna (ESA) includes a top panel and a number of side panels that enable many contacts simultaneously with varying gain requirements from a single, in situ, installation. The top panel includes multiple subarrays and can communicate with flyover satellites, and the side panels can communicate with satellites flying past a side of the ESA. The top panel and the side panels can achieve a beam steering that covers a full or partial, variable gain, hemispheric field-of-view (FoV). The RFMU ESA terminal top and side panels are scalable using flexible modular building blocks. This enables increased contacts, increased gain or a combination thereof sized to meet desired performance.