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Project: Compact Lens-Based Mechanically Steered Ka-Band user Terminal Antenna

Acronym: KALens
Main Objective:
The main objective of the project is to develop a compact low-profile lens-based mechanically steered Ka-band antenna for satellite mobile user terminals. It is intended as a single aperture antenna to operate simultaneously in the downlink and uplink bands with circular polarization, the scanning being achieved by in-plane lens translation over a fixed feed. The pros and cons of translating the feed with fixed lens will be also addressed. Besides the feed design, it requires the identification of an adequate lens type, its fabrication technology and its design.
Reference: AO/1-7493/13/NL/AD
Funding: ESA-ESTEC
Start Date: 01-11-2013
End Date: 01-10-2018
Team: Jorge Manuel Lopes Leal Rodrigues da Costa, Carlos Antonio Cardoso Fernandes, Sérgio de Almeida Matos, Eduardo Jorge da Costa Brás Lima, Ana Catarina Caniço Cruz, Joana Rita Alves dos Santos Silva
Groups: Antennas and Propagation – Lx
Partners: IT
Local Coordinator: Jorge Manuel Lopes Leal Rodrigues da Costa
Links: https://artes.esa.int/projects/kalens

Associated Publications
  • 3Papers in Journals
  • P. Naseri, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Phase-Delay Versus Phase-Rotation Cells for Circular Polarization Transmit Arrays—Application to Satellite Ka-Band Beam Steering, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 1236 - 1247, March, 2018,
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  • S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J. S. Silva, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, JM Mosig, High Gain Dual-Band Beam-Steering Transmit Array for Satcom Terminals at Ka-Band, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 65, No. 7, pp. 3528 - 3539, July, 2017,
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  • E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Circular Polarization Wide-angle Beam Steering at Ka-band by In-plane Translation of a Plate Lens Antenna, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 63, No. 12, pp. 5443 - 5455, December, 2015,
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  • 7Papers in Conferences
  • P. Naseri, J.R. Costa, S.A. Matos, C. A. Fernandes, Antenna-Filter-Antenna-Based Cell for Linear‒to‒Circular Polarizer Transmit-Array, IEEE International Symp. on Antennas and Propagation - IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI, San Diego, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 2, July, 2017,
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  • S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Generic Formulation for Transmit-Array Dual-Band Unit-Cell Design, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 2017,
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  • S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Prototype of a compact mechanically steered Ka-band antenna for satellite on-the-move, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2016,
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  • S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Design of a 40 dBi Planar Bifocal Lens for Mechanical Beam Steering At Ka-Band, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Davos, Switzerland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2016,
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  • J. S. Silva, M. G.-V. Garcia-Vigueras, M. E.-M. Esquius-Morote, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, JM Mosig, A Planar Feed for SOTM Ka-band Lens Antennas, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Vancouver, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2015,
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  • E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of the Phase Discretization Effect in Transmitarrays Formed by Sub-Wavelength Patches, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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  • E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Ka-band Beam Steering Antenna Using In-plane Lens Translation, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Memphis, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2014 | Full text (PDF 89 KBs) | BibTex