Patent ID: 11881627
Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A satellite antenna system, comprising:
an electronically-steered antenna (ESA) terminal configured to communicate with a satellite, the ESA terminal comprising:
a top panel including a plurality of series-connected top-columns, wherein each top-column comprises a first plurality of series-connected subarrays, and
a cylindrical structure supporting a plurality of side panels, wherein each one of the plurality of side panels comprising a plurality of series-connected side-columns, and wherein each side-column comprises a second plurality of series-connected subarrays; and

an electronic circuitry configured to generate control and status signals and to collect and process data generated by the ESA terminal, the electronic circuitry being further configured to enable the top panel and the plurality of side panels to perform beam steering that covers a full or partial hemispheric field-of-view (FoV) using beams formed across the plurality of series-connected side-columns by combining different beams of different panels across the plurality of side panels and the top panel.