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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2016, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 107-123.doi: 10.3901/JME.2016.05.107

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Development of Spaceborne Deployable Active Phased Array Antennas

WANG Congsi1, 2, HAN Rubing1, WANG Wei1, WANG Meng1, TU Qingsong3, PING Lihao4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design of Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071;
    2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;
    3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;
    4. Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology, Nanjing 210039)
  • Online:2016-03-05 Published:2016-03-05

Abstract: As the “eyes” and “ears” of the space communications, electronic countermeasures, navigation, environmental monitoring and other satellite systems, the spaceborne deployable active phased array antenna achieves a greater physical aperture through a deployable configuration, and implements the individual control of different spot beams using the electronic scan mode. It has been one of the key equipments in the areas of aerospace without the many drawbacks brought by the mechanical scan antennas. The development process of the spaceborne active phased array antennas is introduced. And the configuration styles, performance requirements and engineering applications of the spaceborne deployable active phased array antennas are presented. The international research statuses are described. At the same time, a concise analysis of the seven key technologies of antenna structure field is made. The develop trends of the spaceborne deployable active phased array antenna structural technologies are discussed.

Key words: active phased array antenna, deployable, large aperture, spaceborne

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