EP0623969A3 - Phased array antenna with optical beamforming device. - Google Patents

Phased array antenna with optical beamforming device. Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0623969A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: array antenna; phased array; beamforming device; optical beamforming; optical
Prior art date: 1993-05-03
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP94106631A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP0623969B1 (en

EP0623969A2 (en

Inventor

Heinz-Peter Dr Dipl-Ing Feldle

Sandip Dipl-Ing Banerjee

Michael Dipl-Ing Ludwig

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Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

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Deutsche Aerospace AG

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1993-05-03

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1994-04-28

Publication date

1995-12-27

1994-04-28 Application filed by Deutsche Aerospace AG filed Critical Deutsche Aerospace AG

1994-11-09 Publication of EP0623969A2 publication Critical patent/EP0623969A2/en

1995-12-27 Publication of EP0623969A3 publication Critical patent/EP0623969A3/en

2001-06-27 Application granted granted Critical

2001-06-27 Publication of EP0623969B1 publication Critical patent/EP0623969B1/en

2014-04-28 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
- H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
- H01Q3/2676—Optically controlled phased array

EP94106631A 1993-05-03 1994-04-28 Phased array antenna with optical beamforming device Expired - Lifetime EP0623969B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4314406		1993-05-03
DE4314406A DE4314406C2 (en)	1993-05-03	1993-05-03	Group antenna with optical beam shaping network

Publications (3)

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EP0623969A2 EP0623969A2 (en)	1994-11-09
EP0623969A3 true EP0623969A3 (en)	1995-12-27
EP0623969B1 EP0623969B1 (en)	2001-06-27

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EP94106631A Expired - Lifetime EP0623969B1 (en)	1993-05-03	1994-04-28	Phased array antenna with optical beamforming device

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DE4136801A1 (en) *	1991-11-08	1993-05-13	Daimler Benz Ag	Group antenna for multiple transmit and receive modes - has input stages providing conversion to optical form for handling over optical fibre antenna network
US5247309A (en) *	1991-10-01	1993-09-21	Grumman Aerospace Corporation	Opto-electrical transmitter/receiver module

1993
- 1993-05-03 DE DE4314406A patent/DE4314406C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
1994
- 1994-04-28 DE DE59409791T patent/DE59409791D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-04-28 EP EP94106631A patent/EP0623969B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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US4885589A (en) *	1988-09-14	1989-12-05	General Electric Company	Optical distribution of transmitter signals and antenna returns in a phased array radar system
US5051754A (en) *	1990-08-15	1991-09-24	Hughes Aircraft Company	Optoelectronic wide bandwidth photonic beamsteering phased array
US5247309A (en) *	1991-10-01	1993-09-21	Grumman Aerospace Corporation	Opto-electrical transmitter/receiver module
DE4136801A1 (en) *	1991-11-08	1993-05-13	Daimler Benz Ag	Group antenna for multiple transmit and receive modes - has input stages providing conversion to optical form for handling over optical fibre antenna network

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Title
A. SEEDS: "Optical beamforming techniques for phased-array antennas", MICROWAVE JOURNAL, vol. 35, no. 7, July 1992 (1992-07-01), NORWOOD, MA, US, pages 74 - 83, XP000310936 *
E. PANSINI ET AL: "Experimental evaluation of optical signal distribution for phased array antenna", ELECTRONICS LETTERS, vol. 27, no. 5, 28 February 1991 (1991-02-28), STEVENAGE GB, pages 404 - 406, XP000219734, DOI: doi:10.1049/el:19910257 *
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EP0623969B1 (en)	2001-06-27
DE59409791D1 (en)	2001-08-02
EP0623969A2 (en)	1994-11-09
DE4314406C2 (en)	2002-11-21

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