Space Fed Arrays for Overlapping Feed Apertures

Conference: GeMIC 2008 - German Microwave Conference
03/10/2008 - 03/12/2008 at Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

Proceedings: GeMIC 2008

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Reiche, Enrico; Gehring, Ralf; Schneider, Michael; Hartwanger, Christian; Hong, UnPyo; Ratkorn, Norbert; Wolf, Helmut (NN)

Abstract:
An overlapping feed concept for a multiple feed per beam (MFB) antenna architecture is considered. As a first realization a space fed array configuration is focused within this paper. A demonstrator model consisting of a primary and a secondary antenna array was manufactured. The measurement results are in good agreement with the simulation results. Although, the characteristics of the farfield pattern are less appropriate for the required performance. Alternative solutions will be investigated in the future.