Presentations: Satcom User Terminal Antennas Workshop 2012

34th ESA Antenna Workshop and 2nd Evolutions in Satellite Telecommunication Ground Segments Workshop on Satcom User Terminal Antennas.

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Wednesday 3 October 2012

Session 1: Satellite on the Move Antennas - Ka-band

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Company
Compact Switchable RHCP/LHCP Mobile Ka‐Band Antenna TAS Fr, Uni Valencia, Antech
SatCom Rx/Tx User Terminal Antennas with Intelligent Pixels Uni Calabria, Uni Ulm, EADS, IHP Microelectronics
A High‐Gain User Terminal Antenna for Land‐Mobile Bi‐Directional Satellite Communications in Ka‐Band Ilmenau Uni of Technology
Planar Satcom Antenna Systems in Ka‐Band IMST GmbH

Session 2: S‐Band Antennas

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Company
Electronically Steerable S‐Band Antenna for Interactive Mobile Satellite Applications JAST SA
Advances In Mobile User Terminals Using Open Loop Predictive Pointing and Beam‐Switched Antennas Spacesys S.r.l.
Low‐Cost Multiband Automotive Antenna for Mobile Satellite and Terrestrial Systems JAST SA, Fraunhofer IIS, ESA
Automotive S‐Band Receive Transmit Antenna Calearo Antenne S.p.A., ESA

Session 3: Novel Antenna Concepts 1

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Company
Real Time Analogue Self Tracking Antenna Compatible with Inmarsat BGAN Modulation Schemes Queens Uni Belfast, ESA
Multi Input LNB ‐ Demonstrator of a Reflector Feed Array Receiver for Satellite Broadcast Reception SES S.A., FTA-INVERTO, ASTRON
Cognitive Antenna Radio Systems for Mobile Satellite and Multimodal Communications IABG mbH
A Ka Band Multi‐Layer Folded Reflectarray Using Dual‐Polarized Slot Antennas as Unit Cells Surrey Space Centre, Northwestern Polytechnical Uni

Thursday 4 October 2012

Session 4: Satellite on the Move Antennas ‐ Ku‐Band 1

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Company
From Prototype to Serial Manufacturing of a SOTM Ku Band Terminal TTI, ESA
Applications of Hybrid Phased Array Antennas for Mobile Satellite Broadband Communication User Terminals JAST SA
NATALIA: A Satcom Phased Array in Ku‐Band IMST GmbH, JAST, LEMA-EPFL
Phased Array Antenna for Mobile Satcom Terminal Applications with One‐bit Controls JAST

Session 5: Antenna Modelling and Analysis

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Company
The Unified Approach for the Design of Focal‐Plane Arrays in Satellite Communication Eindhoven Uni of Technology
Fast and Accurate Design Tool for Rotationally Symmetric Reflector Antennas with 3D Waveguide Components and Support Structures TICRA, ESA
State‐of‐the‐Art Materials for Ku and Ka Band Mobile Satellite Antenna Radomes TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi s.r.l., Space Engineering S.p.A., ESA
Image‐Based State Modeling of the Land Mobile Satellite Channel for Multi‐Satellite Reception Ilmenau Uni of Technology, Fraunhofer IIS

Session 6: Satellite News Gathering and Search and Rescue Antennas

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Company
A Low‐Profile User Terminal Antenna for Mobile Bi‐directional Ka‐Band Satellite Communications Ilmenau Uni of Technology
Advanced Flat Panel Antennas for small Satcom Terminals Cobham Technical Services
Dual Frequency Flexible Antenna for COSPAS SARSAT Antrum/Loughborough Uni, ESA

Session 7: Antennas Verification and Testing

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Company
An Effective Non‐Redundant Sampling Representation for Planar Near‐Field Antenna Measurements Technische Uni München
Pointing Accuracy Evaluation of SOTM Terminals under Realistic Conditions Ilmenau Uni of Technology, Fraunhofer IIs
Characterization of Phase Shifters on a Ku‐Band Phased Array Antenna Fraunhofer IIS

Friday 5 October 2012

Session 8: Satellite on the Move Antennas ‐ Ku‐Band 2

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Company
Development of a Broadband Integrated Optical Beamfomer for Ku‐Band Phased Array Antennas SATRAX, Uni of Twente, CTIT Research Institute
Ku Band Building Blocks Phased Array Cost Effective Concept for Aeronautical Applications TTI
Development of a Broadband Stacked Patch Antenna Element for Ku‐Band Phased Array Antenna National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, EADS France
Lens‐Reflector Array Antenna for Satellite Communications on the Move MDA Space and Robotics Ltd

Session 9: Novel Antenna Concepts 2

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Company
Highly Directive Planar Metasurface Antenna Uni of Siena, Ingegneria dei Sistemi, ESA
Differential Phase Shift Characteristics of Normal TEon Modes in an Azimuthally Magnetized Circular Ferrite Waveguide Uni of Veliko Tirnovo
20/30 GHz Dual‐Band Circularly Polarized Reflectarray Antenna Based on the Concentric Dual Split‐ Loop Element Thrane & Thrane A/S, Technical Uni of Denmark
Stacked Patch Triple‐Band Dual‐Polarized Antenna for Handheld Terminals Queen Mary Uni of London