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- Patent Title: Antenna feed horn with near-constant phase center with subreflector tracking in the z-axis
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Application No.: US18272544Application Date: 2023-03-23
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Publication No.: US11923616B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: David Webb
- Applicant: Kratos Antenna Solutions Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: KRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2023/016133 2023.03.23
- International Announcement: WO2023/183521A 2023.09.28
- Date entered country: 2023-09-28
- Main IPC: H01Q3/16
- IPC: H01Q3/16 ; H01Q13/02 ; H01Q19/13 ; H01Q19/19

Abstract:
A dual reflector earth station antenna (ESA) system for transmitting uplink in a first frequency band and receiving downlink in a second frequency band, the ESA system comprises a reflector; a reflector tracking assembly coupled to the reflector and configured to control the direction of the reflector; a feed horn coupled to the reflector and optimized for a near-constant phase center for both the first frequency band and the second frequency band; a subreflector tracking assembly including a subreflector, configured for tracking in the X, Y and Z-axes and supported proximate a focal point of the reflector; and a control system in communication with the subreflector tracking assembly and comprising at least one processor. The processor is configured to adjust the subreflector of the subreflector tracking assembly along X, Y and Z axes of the reflector until a signal gain of the reflector antenna is maximized for the second frequency band; and wherein a signal gain of the reflector antenna is also simultaneously maximized for the first frequency band due to the optimization of the feed horn for a near-constant phase center for both the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240047869A1 ANTENNA FEED HORN WITH NEAR-CONSTANT PHASE CENTER WITH SUBREFLECTOR TRACKING IN THE Z-AXIS Public/Granted day:2024-02-08
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