This paper describes a novel dual-frequency shared aperture Ka/W-band antenna design that enables wide-swath Imaging via electronic scanning at Ka-band and Is specifically applicable to NASA's Aerosol, Cloud and Ecosystems (ACE) mission. The innovative antenna design minimizes size and weight via use of a shared aperture and builds upon NASA's investments in large-aperture reflectors and high technology-readiness-level (TRL) W-band radar architectures. The antenna is comprised of a primary cylindrical reflector/reflectarray surface illuminated by a fixed W-band feed and a Ka-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) line feed. The reflectarray surface provides beam focusing at W-band, but is transparent at Ka-band.


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    Titel :

    A Novel Reflector/Reflectarray Antenna: An Enabling Technology for NASA's Dual-Frequency ACE Radar


    Beteiligte:
    Racette, Paul E. (Autor:in) / Heymsfield, Gerald (Autor:in) / Li, Lihua (Autor:in) / Cooley, Michael E. (Autor:in) / Park, Richard (Autor:in) / Stenger, Peter (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Earth Science Technology Forum (ESTF2011) ; 2011 ; Pasadena, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-06-21


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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