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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Didier Gayrard, Toulouse, FR;
Laurent Martin, Fontenilles, FR;
Gérard Caille, Tournefeuille, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a beam forming network of an active antenna with deployable sub-arrays. According to the invention, the network receives information on deformation of the relative position of two panels. Establishing the coherence of the signals takes account of this information to restore the received signals. The invention also provides a spacecraft including the above kind of network and further provides a beam forming method. The invention also provides a system including a craft of the above kind and at least one beacon transmitter station.