H01Q13/025

MULTIPLE-PORT RADIATING ELEMENT

A radiating element includes at least two feeding guides and one horn common to at least two feeding guides and having an excitation interface, each feeding guide comprising a port guide and an excitation guide connected to the port guide by a port interface and connected to the common horn by the excitation interface, each excitation guide being flared in the direction from the port interface to the excitation interface, each excitation guide not having an axis of symmetry, the two feeding guides being disposed symmetrically relative to one another.

Waveguide aperture design for geo satellites

An antenna array includes multiple array modules. Each array module includes at least on antenna element including a horn antenna coupled to a polarizer, and a two-piece waveguide filter. The two-piece waveguide filter includes a folded-back waveguide coupled to the horn antenna at one end and to a circuit layer at the other end. The horn antenna includes a multi-mode horn antenna. The two-piece waveguide filter includes a first piece and a second piece that are separately molded. A footprint of the two-piece waveguide filter is within a footprint of an aperture of the horn antenna.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING A CHANGE IN AN ORIENTATION OF AN ANTENNA
20200161757 · 2020-05-21 · ·

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include a system configured for receiving sensing data from a orientation detector coupled to an antenna, determining, according to the sensing data, that an aperture of the antenna has shifted from a first orientation to a second orientation, and configuring a transmitter to generate an adjusted electromagnetic wave that is supplied to a feed point of the antenna for offsetting the shift in orientation of the antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Horn antenna array

A horn antenna array includes at least two horn antenna elements arranged along a first direction. Each of the at least two horn antenna elements includes a base having a slot extending along a second direction which intersects the first direction, and a horn communicating with the slot, the horn having a pair of electrically-conductive first inner walls intersecting the first direction and a pair of electrically-conductive second inner walls intersecting the second direction. The pair of second inner walls include a pair of opposing protrusions. When radiating an electromagnetic wave, the pair of protrusions create two radiation sources on the inside of the pair of first inner walls.

MITIGATION OF POLARIZATION MISMATCH BETWEEN REFLECTOR AND FEED ANTENNAS BY FEED PREDISTORTION
20200153105 · 2020-05-14 ·

An apparatus and method for mitigating polarization mismatch in reflector antenna systems. A feed unit is configured to determine a polarization mismatch between a first polarization associated with a first wave and a second polarization associated with a reflector unit. The feed unit pre-distorts the first wave to achieve a compensated polarization for reducing and/or eliminating a polarization mismatch. The pre-distorted first wave having the compensated polarization is used to illuminate the reflector unit. A re-radiated wave is reflected by the reflector unit. Furthermore, the level of the re-radiated wave is increased as a result of the pre-distortion.

Beam adaptive multi-feed dielectric antenna system and methods for use therewith

In accordance with one or more embodiments, an antenna system includes a dielectric antenna having a feed-point, wherein the dielectric antenna is a single antenna having a plurality of antenna beam patterns. At least one cable having a plurality of conductorless dielectric cores is coupled to the feed-point of the dielectric antenna, each of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. A controller, selects one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns and generates a control signal in response thereto. A core selector, responsive to the control signal, couples electromagnetic waves from a source to a selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores, the selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns.

Horn antenna module and antenna cover thereof
10566688 · 2020-02-18 · ·

A horn antenna module is provided. The horn antenna module includes a waveguide and an antenna cover. The waveguide includes a plurality of waveguide paths. The antenna cover covers one end of the waveguide. The antenna cover includes a plurality of protrusions and a bottom surface. The protrusions are formed on the bottom surface. The protrusions correspond one-to-one with the waveguide paths. Each protrusion has a top surface and a lateral surface. The lateral surface is located between the top surface and the bottom surface. The top surface is planar.

Dual-band multimode antenna feed
11936117 · 2024-03-19 · ·

Provided is a dual-band multimode antenna feed for a high-frequency band and a low-frequency band. The feed includes four high-frequency waveguide ports, where each high-frequency waveguide port is connected to a respective high-frequency input/output waveguide. Each high-frequency input/output waveguide includes a high-frequency waveguide aperture facing a first section for mixing electromagnetic modes in the E-plane. The first section is connected to a second section for mixing electromagnetic modes in the H-plane. The feed further includes a low-frequency waveguide port connected to a low-frequency input/output waveguide. A filter is arranged inside the first section to be transparent for plane wave modes exhibited at lower frequencies and reflecting for plane wave modes exhibited at higher frequencies.

Multi-channel communications antenna

An antenna structure configured for simultaneous communication over multiple channels or with multiple locations. In certain examples the antenna system includes an antenna, such as a horn antenna, a lens, or a horn-lens combination, for example, and a focal plane array located near the focal point of the antenna. The focal plane array can be made up of a plurality of sub-wavelength elements, and is configured to simultaneously excite and/or receive a plurality of beams, each having an independent pointing angle to communicate with multiple fixed or non-fixed communication terminals in different locations.

COMBINED WIDE BEAMWIDTH MULTIBAND ANTENNA AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME

A wide beamwidth antenna formed as a combination of multiple independent antenna subsystems into a compact assembly. Antenna subsystems are selected of types to have minimal mutual coupling. A primary antenna, typically for the higher frequency bands (i.e 5-6 GHz) is preferably a of a horn-type antenna, secondary antennas (i.e. 2.4 GHz) are typically of a flat (planar) and/or compact type (i.e. electrically short) such as monopole, dipole, loop, patch, slot or other suitable compact and/or flat antennas (i.e. inverted FPIFA, MIFA, fractal antenna etc.). Both primary and secondary antennas coexist on one shared mechanical body and RF feeders of both primary and secondary antennas are integrated on a single shared PCB, also carrying the RF application circuitry.