Thomson-Csf

Michel Dubois

Claude Chekroun

Georges Guillaumot

An electronically steered scanning active microwave reflector, capable of being illuminated by a microwave source to form an antenna, comprises a set of elementary cells, each comprising a phase-shifter microwave circuit placed before a conductive plane. This phase-shifter comprises conductive wires or tracks positioned on a support, the wires or tracks each comprising at least two two-state semiconductor elements, for example diodes, and being connected to conductors by which the states of the diodes can be controlled independently of each other, it being possible for each of the diodes to be on or off. Thus, four possible states are obtained and the geometrical and electrical characteristics of the cell are such that a given phase-shift value of the microwave received corresponds to each of these states. Finally, microwave decoupling means are provided between the cells. These means consist, in particular, of waveguides formed between two neighboring cells. The walls of these waveguides are parallel to the polarization of the waves and the spacing between these waveguides is such that it prohibits the propagation of the wave.

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Bures S/Yvette, France

Michel Dubois