| US 7,522,115 B2 | ||
| Satellite ground station antenna with wide field of view and nulling pattern using surface waveguide antennas | ||
| Steve Waltman, Boulder, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Mediaur Technologies, Inc., Santa Monica, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/332,664. | ||
| Application 11/332664 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/890678, filed on Jul. 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0187137 A1, Aug. 24, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—779 [343/776; 343/785; 343/786] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A satellite wound station antenna comprising:
a parabolic reflector having a size corresponding to a reflector beam with an angular half width larger than the spacing between
neighboring interfering satellites;
a feed comprising at least two dielectric rod-based surface waveguides coupled to the parabolic reflector configured to have
a high sensitivity for a target satellite within the angular half-width of the reflector beam and a low sensitivity for neighboring
interfering satellites within the angular half-width of the reflector beam.
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