Flat Limited Scanning Phased Array Antenna for DBS Reception

Toshev, Alexander G.; Totomanov, E.; Gatchev, M.; Marinov, Borislav; Stoyanov, Ivaylo; Kamenopolsky, S.

doi:10.1109/euma.2002.339483

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“…It was therefore no less unobtrusive than the ubiquitous reflector type antenna that is still commonly used for satellite reception. Various other flat Ku band antenna publications [2][3][4] have appeared but none have realized commercial traction largely due to the same alignment and mounting requirements of the Squarial. These reported antennas have made use of various technologies ranging from microstrip patch arrays to leaky wave antenna waveguide structures.…”

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Squinted elevation antenna for Ku band DVB satellite reception with electronically steered azimuth

Buchanan

Fusco

Pal

2017

2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)

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Abstract-This paper describes a Ku band, electronic beam steered array, operating at 10.7 GHz to 12.7 GHz intended for satellite DVB reception. The beam steering operates in the azimuth plane and the antenna also has a fixed beam squint at 23 elevation selected as appropriate for UK. This allows the distinct advantage of the antenna having the ability to be mounted vertically on a wall, by virtue of its fixed elevation angle. Therefore the mounting can be very discrete, with less than 1cm protrusion from a wall in comparison to much bulkier parabolic dish antenna solutions. The relative simplicity and low profile of the antenna has been made possible by the use of COTS Ku band IC's, combined with novel analogue IF beamforming circuits. The antenna has been shown to be capable of receiving commercial DVB satellite signals transmitted from the Astra satellite in the UK. The antenna has dimensions of 25x37cm and is less than 1cm thick. It has a measured G/T of 7dB/K.

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