Patent ID: 7545315
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A multizone coverage telecommunication satellite including at least one send and/or receive antenna comprising at least one sender and/or receiver channel adapted to send and/or receive a beam in a chosen direction defined by a chosen phase and a chosen amplitude, wherein at least one of the sender and/or receiver channels includes a processor for deviating its beam or its receive direction in at least one other chosen direction by variation of at least said amplitude, wherein said sender and/or receiver channel comprises a main line connecting a feeder module to a sender and/or receiver, and said processing means comprise a first coupler installed on said main line and coupled to a first end of an auxiliary line comprising amplitude variation means and a second coupler installed on said main line between said first coupler and said sender and/or receiver and connected to a second end of said auxiliary line.