An antenna having a reflector mounted on a rigid boom uses a line feed or phased array feed to operate in the Ka band with frequencies up to 36 gigahertz while maintaining the ability to operate at frequencies down to L-Band of 1-2 GHz.

A system including a plurality of circuits in a first radio frequency (RF) device which are configured to control a plurality of reflector devices based on a set of criteria. The controlled plurality of reflector devices transmit a plurality of RF signals in a specified direction and a specified location of a second RF device within transmission range of the controlled plurality of reflector devices. The plurality of RF signals are transmitted in the specified direction and the specified location of a second RF device based on a request for signal cancellation. The request for the signal cancellation is based on a noise from the second RF device and the plurality of RF signals are cancelled in the specified direction and the specified location of the second RF device.

A multibeam antenna comprises a direct radiating array (DRA) comprising a plurality of radiating elements, a reflector facing the DRA so as to reflect a field generated by the DRA, and a DRA controller configured to control the plurality of radiating elements of the DRA according to a plurality of coefficients, such that the field generated at the DRA produces a plurality of beams when reflected by the reflector. The DRA controller is configured to determine the plurality of coefficients by using a bifocal antenna model to determine a field that would be produced by a subreflector and feed horn arrangement in an equivalent bifocal antenna configured to produce the plurality of beams, and determine the plurality of coefficients required to produce a similar incident field at the surface of the reflector. A method of controlling the multibeam antenna, and corresponding computer program instructions, are also disclosed.

A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave reflecting structure includes the steps of presetting an operating frequency, a reflected wave pointing angle, an incident wave pointing angle, and an incident distance of an electromagnetic wave; obtaining an electromagnetic wave reflecting structure phase distribution of an electromagnetic wave reflecting structure according to the operating frequency, the reflected wave pointing angle, the incident wave pointing angle, and the incident distance; and arranging a plurality of reflecting elements on a substrate according to the electromagnetic wave reflecting structure phase distribution and a reflecting element phase curve of any one of the reflecting elements at the operating frequency.

An Array-Fed Reflector (AFR) antenna assembly is provided comprising an AFR antenna comprising a feed array a reflector, and a mechanism for moving a position of the reflector relative to a position of the feed array such that a focal region of the reflector is movable with respect to the position of the feed array.

A satellite includes first and second extensible pantographic trusses, each configured to extend outwardly from the satellite in opposite directions from a stored position to a deployed position, and first and second sets of ribs carried by the respective first and second extensible pantographic trusses. A Radio Frequency (RF) reflective film may be carried by the first and second sets of ribs to define a curved RF reflector surface. The satellite antenna may include first and second sets of phased array antenna feeds carried by the respective first and second extensible pantographic trusses and directed toward the RF reflective film, which in an example may be a RF reflective mesh.

A reconfigurable antenna systems includes a set of envelopes of active metamaterial panels, each envelope in the set being shaped to approximate a surface of at least partial revolution of a curve about an axis, wherein the surface defines a focal locus; a wideband antenna array disposed within the focal locus; and a controller, coupled to the panels, configured to activate each one of the panels, so as to control a property of each of the panels, the property selected from the group consisting of transmissivity, reflectivity, absorption, phase, polarization, bandwidth, angle sensitivity, resonant frequency, and combinations thereof.

Provided are a phase shifter, a preparation method thereof, and an antenna. The phase shifter includes at least one phase shifting unit, and the phase shifting unit includes a microstrip line, a photo-dielectric layer, a ground electrode, and at least one light guiding structure; the microstrip line is located on a side of the photo-dielectric layer, and the ground electrode is located on a side of the photo-dielectric layer facing away from the microstrip line; the light-guiding structure at least partially overlaps the photo-dielectric layer, and the light-guiding structure is configured to guide light into the photo-dielectric layer.

A recessed antenna that includes a recessed plane formed in a conductive surface. An antenna is disposed on the recessed plane. A cavity is formed beneath the recessed plane. A circuit board is disposed in the cavity. The circuit board is electrically coupled to the antenna. A cover is disposed over the antenna, the cover protecting the antenna from abrasion.

An information handling system (IHS) includes a multiple antenna system. The multiple antenna system includes a first antenna system, the first antenna system comprising a first antenna and a first reflector network; a second antenna system, the second antenna comprising a second antenna and a second reflector network, at least one of the first reflector network and the second reflector network comprising a configurable pattern reflector; and, an antenna control system, the antenna control system controlling configuration of the configurable pattern reflector.