Towards structural integration of airborne Ku-band SatCom antenna

Harmen Schippers; Jaco Verpoorte; Adriaan Hulzinga; C.G.H. Roeloffzen; Rens Baggen

Towards structural integration of airborne Ku-band SatCom antenna

Harmen Schippers
, Jaco Verpoorte
, Adriaan Hulzinga
, C.G.H. Roeloffzen
, Rens Baggen

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Abstract

The paper describes research towards a fully structurally integrated Ku-band SatCom antenna. This antenna covers the complete receive band for aeronautical earth stations and DVB-S broadcast in Ku band (10.7 - 12.75 GHz). The antenna front-end consists of 32 tiles where each tile has 8×8 Ku-band stacked patch antenna elements. Optical True Time Delays (TTDs) in an Optical Beam Forming Network (OBFN) enable a squint free beam steering over the whole band to geostationary satellites. The Ku-band antenna itself covers the whole frequency band in input impedance matching and radiation pattern. The performance of a Ku-band antenna tile will be discussed. A design is presented for the structural integration of 32 tiles and the associated optical beam forming networks into a fuselage panel of an aircraft.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	2013 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	2963-2967
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-2187-7
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2013
Event	7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2013 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 8 Apr 2013 → 12 Apr 2013 Conference number: 7 http://www.eucap2013.org/

Publication series

Name
Publisher	IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society

Conference

Conference	7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2013
Abbreviated title	EuCAP
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	8/04/13 → 12/04/13
Internet address	http://www.eucap2013.org/

Keywords

EWI-24144
METIS-300237
IR-88350

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http://eprints.eemcs.utwente.nl/secure2/24144/01/06546847.pdf

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Schippers, H, Verpoorte, J, Hulzinga, A, Roeloffzen, CGH & Baggen, R 2013, Towards structural integration of airborne Ku-band SatCom antenna. in 2013 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). IEEE, USA, pp. 2963-2967, 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden, 8/04/13. <http://eprints.eemcs.utwente.nl/secure2/24144/01/06546847.pdf>

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