QUASI-OPTICAL BEAMFORMER COMPRISING TWO REFLECTORS

Quasi-optical beamformer (1) comprising. -a plurality N > 1 of powei feeds (PF), each of the i c [1;N] power feeds (PF) being configured to emit a respective radio-frequency beam denoted Ri, - a radio-frequency transmission line (LT) fed at a first end by the power feeds and comprising at a second end a plurality of network ports (PR) that are configured to collect radio-frequency radiation, the transmission line (LT) comprising a radio-frequency waveguide (GO) that comprises at least two metal plates (PM) that are stacked so as to guide the radio-frequency beams Ri, i c [1; IV] towards the network ports (PR), the lransmission line (LT) extending along a cenlral main axis denoted axis x, - a first reflector (M1) having a first centre (C1) centred on the axis x and a first effective radius of curvature and being configured to reflect the guided radio-frequency beams Roi c [1; N], - a second reflector (M2) having a second effective radius of curvature and being configured to reflect the radio-frequency beams (RF) reflected by the first reflector so as to direct them towards the network ports so as to form output radio-frequency beams (RSi), the first and second effective radii of curvature and an arrangement of the power feeds (PF) with respect to the first reflector being configured so that - each of the output radio-frequency beams (RS,) is a plane wave, and - a transverse amplitude distribution Ai, on the network ports (PR), of each output radio-frequency beam (RS), is substantially identical