Applications for low profile two-way satellite antenna system
First Claim
1. A system for communication, comprising:
- a low profile, two-way vehicle-mounted satellite antenna;
a plurality of tracking sensors including a received signal strength indicator circuit, one or more gyroscopes, an inclinometer and a global positioning system receiver;
an electromechanical polarizer having a mechanically rotatable input probe set in a circular waveguide; and
a processor, configured to receive input from the tracking sensors and use the input to autonomously acquire, and maintain beam angle tracking of, a satellite while a vehicle on which the antenna is mounted is in motion, and to track linear polarization orientation of a linearly polarized satellite signal by rotating the electromechanical polarizer'"'"'s input probe.
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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.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for communication, comprising:
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a low profile, two-way vehicle-mounted satellite antenna; a plurality of tracking sensors including a received signal strength indicator circuit, one or more gyroscopes, an inclinometer and a global positioning system receiver; an electromechanical polarizer having a mechanically rotatable input probe set in a circular waveguide; and a processor, configured to receive input from the tracking sensors and use the input to autonomously acquire, and maintain beam angle tracking of, a satellite while a vehicle on which the antenna is mounted is in motion, and to track linear polarization orientation of a linearly polarized satellite signal by rotating the electromechanical polarizer'"'"'s input probe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a low profile, two-way, vehicle-mounted, Ku-band antenna; an electromechanical polarizer having a rotatable input probe; and a processor, configured to; terminate antenna transmissions within predefined exclusion zones based on global positioning system (GPS) data identifying a location of the antenna; and autonomously acquire and track linear polarization orientation of a linearly polarized satellite signal while the vehicle is in motion through rotation of the polarizer input probe. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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