Applications for Low Profile Two Way Satellite Antenna System

• US 20110215985A1
• Filed: 02/18/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raysat Antenna Systems, LLC (Gilat Satellite Networks Limited)
• Original Assignee: Raysat Antenna Systems, LLC (Gilat Satellite Networks Limited)
• Inventors: Spirtus, Danny, Gat, Yoel, Bercovich, Moshe, Yip, Robert, Gachev, Mario Ganchev, Kaplan, Ilan, DiFonzo, Daniel Francis, Boyanov, Victor, Bruestle, Kevin Arthur, Kamenopolski, Stanimir Dimitrov
• Application Number:
  US13/030,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20110215985A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/879
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/08 the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path waveguide fed H01Q21/0037
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/04 for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/08 for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation

Abstract

Antenna and satellite communications assemblies and associated satellite tracking systems that may include a low profile two-way antenna arrangement, tracking systems, and applications thereof. Applications for the system include military, civilian, and domestic emergency response applications. The antenna arrangements may be configured to form a spatial multi-element array able to track a satellite in an elevation plane by electronically dynamically targeting the antenna arrangement and/or mechanically dynamically rotating the antenna arrangements about transverse axes giving rise to generation of respective elevation angles and dynamically changing the respective distances between the axes whilst maintaining a predefined relationship between said distances and the respective elevation angles. The system provides autonomous dynamic tracking of satellite signals and can be used for satellite communications on moving vehicles in a variety of frequency bands for military and civilian applications.

Claims

1. A low-profile, two-way mobile satellite antenna comprising four antenna arrangements mounted on a common rotary platform mounted with a plurality of rails.