DE60305889T2 - Aufblasbare reflektorantenne für im weltall stationierte radarsysteme - Google Patents

Aufblasbare reflektorantenne für im weltall stationierte radarsysteme Download PDF

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DE60305889T2
DE60305889T2 DE60305889T DE60305889T DE60305889T2 DE 60305889 T2 DE60305889 T2 DE 60305889T2 DE 60305889 T DE60305889 T DE 60305889T DE 60305889 T DE60305889 T DE 60305889T DE 60305889 T2 DE60305889 T2 DE 60305889T2
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Raytheon Company Jar J. El Segundo LEE
William Raytheon Company DERBES (EO/E4/N119, El Segundo
c/o RAYTHEON COMPANY Jonathan D. El Segundo GORDON
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/08—Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof
    • H01Q1/081—Inflatable antennas
    • H01Q1/082—Balloon antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/08—Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof
    • H01Q1/081—Inflatable antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/28—Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
    • H01Q1/288—Satellite antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q15/00—Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction or polarisation of waves radiated from an antenna, e.g. quasi-optical devices
    • H01Q15/14—Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures
    • H01Q15/16—Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures curved in two dimensions, e.g. paraboloidal
    • H01Q15/161—Collapsible reflectors
    • H01Q15/163—Collapsible reflectors inflatable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q19/00—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic
    • H01Q19/10—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces
    • H01Q19/12—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are concave
    • H01Q19/17—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are concave the primary radiating source comprising two or more radiating elements
    • H01Q19/175—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are concave the primary radiating source comprising two or more radiating elements arrayed along the focal line of a cylindrical focusing surface

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DE60305889T 2002-02-28 2003-02-13 Aufblasbare reflektorantenne für im weltall stationierte radarsysteme Expired - Lifetime DE60305889T2 (de)

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US86211 1998-05-21
US10/086,211 US6650304B2 (en) 2002-02-28 2002-02-28 Inflatable reflector antenna for space based radars
PCT/US2003/004558 WO2003075397A1 (en) 2002-02-28 2003-02-13 Inflatable reflector antenna for space based radars

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