The Boeing Company

Joel A Fink

Sudhakar K Rao

Cameron G Massey

George Voulelikas

Guy Goyette

James Wang

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for generating reconfigurable beams is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a stationary feed array having a plurality of selectably activatable feed array elements, the feed array having a feed array sensitive axis; a reflector, illuminated by the selectably activatable feed array elements; a first mechanism, coupled to the reflector, for varying a position of the reflector along the feed array axis; wherein a desired beam size of the antenna system is selected by varying the reflector position along the feed array sensitive axis and by selectably activating the feed array elements.

Beam reconfiguration method and apparatus for satellite antennas

An antenna comprising a reflector having a reflector surface profile for reflecting a plurality of signals comprising a plurality of communication bands; a multi-depth corrugated horn assembly for receiving the signal comprising the plurality of communication bands; a stepped waveguide coupled to the corrugated horn; a first polarizer coupled to the stepped waveguide for separating a first communication band from the plurality of communication bands; a second polarizer coupled to the stepped waveguide for separating a second communication band from the plurality of communication bands; and a third polarizer coupled to the stepped waveguide for separating a third communication band from the plurality of communication bands. The antenna can simultaneously operate in the K, Ka and EHF frequency bands. Extension of this antenna to include five separate frequency bands is demonstrated.

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Joel A Fink