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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Bhaskar Durvasula, Mountain View, CA (US);
Terry M Smith, La Honda, CA (US);
Space Systems/Loral, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An antenna system has a reflector illuminated by a primary feed for producing a primary beam. The reflector is illuminated further by a secondary feed formed of an array of secondary feed elements of which the respective electromagnetic signals are adjustable in terms of their relative amplitudes and phases to produce a secondary beam with sidelobes oriented in directions away from the directions of the primary beam. Spacing among feed elements of the secondary feed array is selected for further control of orientation of sidelobes of the secondary beam. Highest efficiency is attained for signals of the primary feed by configuring the reflector for forming the primary beam, while the secondary beam is produced with lower efficiency but with isolation from the primary beam. The surface of the reflector is contoured to provide maximum primary-beam efficiency and minimal primary-beam sidelobes in the direction of the secondary beam.