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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Pierre Bosshard, Tournefeuille, FR;
Philippe Lepeltier, Castanet, FR;
Serge Depeyre, Blagnac, FR;
Gilles Navarre, Toulouse, FR;
Pierre Bosshard, Tournefeuille, FR;
Philippe Lepeltier, Castanet, FR;
Serge Depeyre, Blagnac, FR;
Gilles Navarre, Toulouse, FR;
Thales, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Abstract
A mission-flexibility antenna includes a reflector and at least a first source and a second source of radiofrequency signals, which sources are arranged in front of the reflector, the reflector having a focal point and each source having a phase center, and wherein the sources are independent, fixed and connected to separate radiofrequency feed systems defining different and predefined polarization and/or operating frequency characteristics, and in that it additionally includes means of displacement and orientation of the reflector from a first position in which the focal point of the reflector is placed at the phase center of the first source to a second position in which the focal point of the reflector is placed at the phase center of the second source.