TY  - CONF
T2  - 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
ID  - upm26496
TI  - GEODA-SARAS: Multi-Phased array planar antenna for satellite communications
UR  - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6546257
EP  - 253
SP  - 252
M2  - Gothenburg, Sweden
A1  - Noval Sánchez de Toca, Alvaro
A1  - Inclan Alonso, Jose Manuel
A1  - Garcia-Gasco Trujillo, Javier
A1  - Fernández González, José Manuel
A1  - Sierra Pérez, Manuel
AV  - public
Y1  - 2013///
N2  - Nowadays, earth stations have as a common feature the use of large reflector antenna for downloading data from satellites. Large reflectors have impairments such as mechanical complexity, low flexibility and high cost. Thus, the feasibility of other antenna technologies must be evaluated, such as conformal adaptive antennas based on multiple planar active arrays. In the scenery under study, the capability to track several satellites simultaneously, higher flexibility, lower production and maintenance cost, modularity and a more efficient use of the spectrum; are the most important advantage to boost up active antenna arrays over large dishes.
PB  - IEEE
ER  -