Indirect radiating array techniques
US6404398B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q25/008
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An antenna system and method for transmitting or receiving a plurality of pixel beams of satellite communication signals. A focusing device (770) focuses pixel beams on individual antenna elements or horns (708 or 808) of the transmitter (700) or receiver (800). In the transmitter, each antenna element transmits a pixel beam, and in the receiver, each antenna element has focused on it an individual pixel beam.
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