23-07-2015 дата публикации
Номер: US20150207237A1
A reflector antenna device is configured to include a main reflector that has a rectangular aperture shape , and a primary radiator that radiates a beam having a rectangular shape similar to the aperture shape of the main reflector onto the main reflector . As the primary radiator , a multimode horn antenna, an active phased array antenna, or the like can be used. As a result, the degree of freedom of reflector shaping can be improved without causing reduction in efficiency. 1. A reflector antenna device comprising:a main reflector that has a rectangular aperture shape;a primary radiator that radiates a circle-shaped beam; anda subreflector that converts the shape of the beam radiated by said primary radiator from said circular shape to a rectangular shape similar to the aperture shape of said main reflector and reflects the beam, and that radiates the beam having said rectangular shape onto said main reflector.25-. (canceled)6. The reflector antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein said subreflector is a Cassegrain-type subreflector.7. (canceled)8. The reflector antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein said subreflector is a Gregorian-type subreflector.9. (canceled) The present invention relates to a reflector antenna device used for, for example, satellite communications.As a satellite-mounted shaped beam antenna, a reflector antenna whose aperture shape, in which asperities are formed on a mirror surface, is a circular shape is generally used in order to make it possible to transmit and receive a beam according to a requested service area.For recent satellite-mounted shaped beam antennas, there is an increasing demand for improvements in the gain, suppression of the isolation, etc. than ever before.As a measure to meet this demand, for example, there can be provided a method of improving the degree of freedom for forming asperities on the mirror surface, and enlarging the circular aperture shape which the main reflector has.However, because the size of ...
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