Alcatel Espace

Alcatel

Thierry Dusseux

Michel Gomez-Henry

Didier Rene

Gerard Raguenet

Gerard Caille

Mohamed Masmoudi

Michel Pauchet

Michel Salvan

Michel Lairle

Emmanuelle Husse

Philippe Ginestet

Christian Feat

Philippe Brunet

Jean-Marie Saury

An antenna having one-way circular polarization is of the type comprising a radiating element associated with a frequency filter. It comprises a polarization-selective device disposed at the transition between the frequency filter and polarizer means adapted to cause the wave to be circularly polarized. This multimode selective device is adapted 1) to enable the initial go mode to propagate, 2) in transmission, to pass one of the return modes induced by the polarizer means, and 3) to reflect the other return mode. At the polarizer, the wave made up of the initial mode and of the reflected return modes reinforces the circular polarization of the initial mode. Such an antenna can be made as a single piece of size and weight that are smaller than those of known antennas having one-way circular polarization.

Antenna with one-way circular polarization

A power distributor for microwave signals has n inputs and n outputs, n/2 coupler elements, four power distributor elements each having n/2 inputs and n/2 outputs. The inputs of the first and third distributor elements correspond to respective inputs of the distributor and the outputs of the second and fourth distributor elements correspond to respective outputs of the distributor. The outputs of the first distributor element are connected to respective first inputs of the couplers and the outputs of the third distributor element are connected to respective second inputs of the couplers. The inputs of the second distributor element are connected to respective first outputs of the couplers and the inputs of the fourth distributor element are connected to respective second outputs of the couplers.

Power distributor system and power distributor for microwave signals

A plane antenna suitable for space applications in particular comprises a passive resonator coupled to a feedline by a looped slot.

Multilayered, planar antenna with annular feed slot, passive resonator

In a method of calibrating an active antenna the active elements of a transfer function matrix are measured using a near field probe for each radiating source of the antenna. The probe is placed in front of each source in succession and each source is excited in turn with the opposite phase and with all the other sources of the array excited normally. In the case of linear superposition of radiated fields, the measurements obtained by this method yield the elements of the transfer function matrix directly. This allows for phase and amplitude errors due to the components of the active antenna and for the effects of coupling between adjacent sources which modify the theoretical characteristics of the antenna. In the non-linear case the measurements are repeated and the matrix is obtained by iteration based on a comparison of the theoretical values used to control the antenna and the measured fields actually obtained. Measurements carried out on individual active modules prior to assembly of the antenna can be used in one variant of the method.

Active antenna near field calibration method

A diplexing radiating element comprising at least a first radiating element in which two radiating electrical currents flow which are spaced apart from each other, and at least one second element in which two radiating magnetic currents flow which are spaced apart from each other. The invention is particularly applicable to space telecommunications.

Diplexing radiating element

A device for exciting a waveguide with circular polarization from a plane antenna, said waveguide (10) being a rectilinear hollow waveguide closed at one of its ends (12), said antenna being excited by at least two coaxial ports (13, 14) fed in phase quadrature by a circuit including a hybrid coupler (15), and being constituted by a radiating plane metal pattern (11) disposed on the surface of an insulating substrate (18) closing the waveguide (10) perpendicularly to its axis of symmetry.

Device for exciting a waveguide with circular polarization from a plane

The present invention relates to a two-frequency radiating device comprising a waveguide radiating in a first frequency range opening out into a radiating element operating in a lower, second frequency range. The invention is particularly applicable to antennas.

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Tournefeuille, France

Thierry Dusseux