Dense focal plane arrays for pushbroom satellite radiometers
Paper in proceeding, 2014
Performance of a dense focal plane array feeding an offset toroidal reflector antenna system is studied and discussed in the context of a potential application in multi-beam radiometers for ocean surveillance. We present a preliminary design of the array feed for the 5-m diameter antenna at X-band. This array is optimized to realize high antenna beam efficiency (∼ 95%) over a wide scan range (±20°) with very low side-lobe and cross-polarization levels.
Multi-beam antennas
Reflector antenna feeds
Microwave radiometry
Author
Oleg Iupikov
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Marianna Ivashina
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
K. Pontoppidan
TICRA
P.H. Nielsen
TICRA
C. Cappellin
TICRA
N. Skou
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
S.S. Sobjarg
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
A. Ihle
HPS GmbH
D. Hartmann
HPS GmbH
K.V. 'T Klooster
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014; The Hague; Netherlands; 6 April 2014 through 11 April 2014
3536-3540 6902593
978-889070184-9 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902593
ISBN
978-889070184-9