Patent ID: 11967776
Assignee: ALL.SPACE NETWORKS LIMITED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A satellite communication terminal, comprising:
a substantially flat support;
a plurality of feed clusters disposed in a two-dimensional arrangement on the substantially flat support; and
a plurality of lenses disposed on the substantially flat support over respective feed clusters of the plurality of feed clusters,
wherein each lens of the plurality of lenses has a phase center, and wherein the phase centers of the plurality of lenses form an aperiodic arrangement,
wherein the substantially flat support is a substantially flat printed circuit board, and wherein each feed cluster of the plurality of feed clusters includes a plurality of feeds arranged in a two-dimensional layout on the substantially flat printed circuit board, and
wherein the two-dimensional layout of the plurality of feeds occupies between 25% and 50% of an area behind the respective lens.