• Patent Title: Method for calibrating a Ka band Satcom antenna
  • Application No.: US17253094
    Application Date: 2019-06-21
  • Publication No.: US11750304B2
    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
  • Inventor: Pierre-Henri BoutignyFrédéric Magdelaine
  • Applicant: THALES
  • Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
  • Assignee: THALES
  • Current Assignee: THALES
  • Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
  • Agency: BakerHostetler
  • Priority: FR 00655 2018.06.22
  • International Application: PCT/EP2019/066488 2019.06.21
  • International Announcement: WO2019/243584A 2019.12.26
  • Date entered country: 2020-12-16
  • Main IPC: H04B17/12
  • IPC: H04B17/12 H04B17/21 H01Q1/42
Method for calibrating a Ka band Satcom antenna
Abstract:
Method and device for calibrating an antenna includes the following steps: define a number n of positions of angles for the aircraft situated in a calibration zone: measure the value of the orientation of the antenna for each position n, [#a(n), #a(n)]; define the theoretical orientation of the antenna [#a(n)*, #a(n)*] by taking account of the pitch value, of the roll value, of the yaw value (heading) for the aircraft for each position n, and of the orientation values of the satellite [#r(n), #r(n)]: [Aa(n)*, Ea(n)*]=F(H(n), P(n), R(n), ##, ##, #R, ##, Ar(n), Er(n)), where F is a chosen geometric function; define a criterion C: C=#(#a(n)−#a(n)*)2+(#a(n)−#a(n)*)2; minimize the value of the criterion C so as to determine the bias values (##, ##, #R, ##) from the values [Aa*(n), Ea*(n)] and use the said bias values to minimize the disparities between the measured angles and the theoretical angles.
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