Patent ID: 11923616
Assignee: KRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A dual reflector earth station antenna (ESA) system for transmitting uplink in a first frequency band and receiving downlink in a second frequency band, the ESA system comprising:
a reflector;
a reflector tracking assembly coupled to the reflector and configured to control the direction of the reflector;
a feed horn coupled to the reflector and optimized for a near-constant phase center for both the first frequency band and the second frequency band;
a subreflector tracking assembly including a subreflector, configured for tracking in the X, Y and Z-axes and supported proximate a focal point of the reflector; and
a control system in communication with the subreflector tracking assembly and comprising at least one processor configured to:
adjust the subreflector of the subreflector tracking assembly along X, Y and Z axes of the reflector until a signal gain of the reflector antenna is maximized for the second frequency band; and
wherein a signal gain of the reflector antenna is also simultaneously maximized for the first frequency band due to the optimization of the feed horn for a near-constant phase center for both the first frequency band and the second frequency band.