Patent ID: 6677908
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
An antenna system including:a common aperture surface; at least two parabolic rectangular reflectors, each parabolic rectangular reflector having a concave surface, a long side and a short side providing a rectangular aperture, each parabolic rectangular reflector being disposed contiguously in a linear array defined by a linear axis and forming a larger common rectangular aperture without gaps in illumination, each of the at least two parabolic rectangular reflectors having a corresponding reflector feed and the concave surface of each of the at least two parabolic rectangular reflectors facing the reflector feed; and a power splitting and combining means for feeding input power to each reflector feed; wherein each of the at least two parabolic rectangular reflectors is supported by the common surface between the at least two parabolic rectangular reflectors and the corresponding reflector feeds and wherein the long side of each parabolic rectangular reflector is parallel to the linear axis of the linear array.