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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Gary L. Glick, Rolling Hills Est., CA (US);
Joel Mendoza, Sylmar, CA (US);
Jerry D. Macfarlane, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Richard A. Bingman, Orange, CA (US);
David W. Ross, Long Beach, CA (US);
David R. Mahakian, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Adam L. Griswold, Garden Grove, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for automated reflector tuning include combining high precision automated photogrammetric measurement with high precision servo actuator positioning control of a reflector surface using custom optimizing control software to produce a novel, fully automated satellite reflector alignment tuning system. Precise adjustment to the shape of the reflecting surface of an antenna reflector (reflector tuning) can be essential for a satellite reflector antenna to meet electrical performance requirements, usually requiring a shape accurate to within 0.004 inches RMS. The automated reflector tuning may include determining a set of characterization coefficients by precisely measuring the response of the reflector shape to actuator movements, and using the characterization coefficients in a mathematical analysis to determine optimal actuator movements to achieve a required shape of the reflector surface.