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Communication system with broadband antenna

US6950073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2003
Grant dateSep 27, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q21/08
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system including an antenna array with feed network coupled to communication electronics. In one example, a communication subsystem comprises a plurality of antennas each adapted to receive an information signal and a plurality of orthomode transducers coupled to corresponding ones of the plurality of antennas, each OMT is adapted to provide at a first component signal having a first polarization and a second component signal having a second polarization. The communication subsystem also comprises a feed network that receives the first component signal and the second component signal from each orthomode transducer and provides a first summed component signal at a first feed port and a second summed component signal at a second feed port, and a phase correction device coupled to the first and second feed ports and adapted to phase match the first summed component signal with the second summed component signal.

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