An integrated chiplet system includes a printed circuit board (PCB), including a first antenna; a first chiplet, electrically conductively coupled to a second antenna; a second chiplet, electrically conductively coupled to a third antenna; and a waveguide, configured to direct a signal from the first antenna to the second antenna or the third antenna.

An improved antenna system is provided for controlling satellite communications in a satellite communication network. Antennas are disposed beneath a concave interior of a transmission surface. The transmission surface has a substantially similar shape or curvature of a radome top, and may be affixed to or integrated with the radome top to provide a phase compensated radome. The antennas may be mechanically moved, such as laterally translated, tilted, and/or rotated. The antennas may be electrically actuated via a switch. The transmission surface includes an array or patch of cells such as dual-band dual-polarized cells and/or quad-band dual-polarized cells. The improved antenna system enables high gain beam steering and Ku band, K band, and Ka band transmission and reception.

The invention concerns a multimode feed for a reflector antenna of a monopulse tracking system. The feed comprises: a receiving element having an aperture, which receives an electromagnetic wave and generates, from the electromagnetic wave, a waveguide signal comprising a plurality of higher-order modes, as a function of an incidence angle of the electromagnetic wave on the aperture; and a waveguide structure, coupled to the receiving element, which generates, from the plurality of higher-order modes, a first error signal at a first output port and a second error signal at a second output port. The waveguide structure has: a first coupler that extracts, from the waveguide signal, a first higher-order mode and provides a first extracted signal; a second coupler that extracts, from the waveguide signal, a second higher-order mode and provides a second extracted signal; a third coupler that extracts, from the waveguide signal, a third higher-order mode and provides a third extracted signal; a fourth coupler that extracts, from the waveguide signal, a fourth higher-order mode and provides a fourth extracted signal; a first summing element that sums the first extracted signal and the second extracted signal, thereby generating the first error signal at the first output port; and a second summing element that sums the third extracted signal and the fourth extracted signal, thereby generating the second error signal at the second output port.

An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a conductive structure, a first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer. The conductive structure defines a first space and a second space over the first space. The first dielectric layer is at least partially within the first space and has a first dielectric constant. The second dielectric layer is at least partially within the second space and has a second dielectric constant different from the first dielectric constant.