Concept of multiport-coupling beam-switching network and its basic performance in K-band
Abstract
The concept of a new switching/amplifying network, and its basic performance, for scanning the downlink beam rapidly in multibeam satellite systems are reported. Experiments in the K-band have shown 85 percent power-combining efficiency, more than 17 dB isolation and 400 ns switching speed.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1983
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1983ElL....19..990K
- Keywords:
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- Beam Switching;
- Coupling Circuits;
- Multibeam Antennas;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Switching Circuits;
- Microwave Switching;
- Power Amplifiers;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Communications and Radar