Alcatel Espace

Benoit Hanin

Michel Coustere

Albert Cerro

Jean-philippe Marre

Regis Lenormand

Regis Barbaste

Jean-Philippe Marre

Joel Larroque

Florence Labarre

A microwave equalizer is used in aerospace applications to correct the gain/frequency response of a microwave system, in particular in a given range of temperatures. To obtain a variation opposite to that of the microwave system by introducing absorption at the operating frequency, it comprises at least one microwave coupler one branch of which has an active device fitted at each of its two ends so that variation in the device parameters enables displacement of the absorption frequency and optionally power. The coupler(s) are coupled to a transmission line of the system and a control circuit.

Microwave equalizer suitable for aerospace applications

An electronically scanned antenna comprising an array (11) of elementary sources, an energy-focusing reflector (10), and feed and control electronics, with the array (11) being situated in the focal zone of the reflector, and in which elementary sources that are not used simultaneously are grouped together in classes (Ci) in which only one source can be active at a time, with all of the sources in each class (Ci) being interconnected by a passive combiner (40) for that class. The invention is applicable in particular to space telecommunications.

Electronically scanned antenna

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Toulouse, France

Albert Cerro