Physical Optics Reflector
Physical Optics Reflector
Full vector modelling of reflector antennas allowing for fast and accurate computations of the radiation from single- and multi-feed configurations. Optimization of shaped beams follow the standard SATSOFT process.
Features
- Easy configuration of reflector system based on beam size or reflector diameter
- Supports center-fed and offset reflectors
- Linearly and circularly polarized feed horn models
- Full PO modelling of single- and multi-feed reflector antennas
- Fast and accurate optimization of shaped-beam reflector systems
- Includes the analytical reflector module
Values
- Accurate evaluation of antenna directivity for better link budgets
- Allows for easy and accurate investigation of the impact of reflector size and offset for system-level trade-off studies
- Easy export of antenna geometry and station files for use in GRASP and POS
Easy setup of reflector antennas fed by a single or multiple feeds
By specifying a minimum of parameters such as the antenna diameter or desired beamwidth, SATSOFT will set up a reflector system based on simple design rules to generate a blockage-free array-fed system. Far-field predictions of directivity and crosspol from linearly or circularly polarized reflector antennas fed by fundamental-mode or dual-mode feeds are computed using a fast and accurate PO implementation.
Design of HTS payload
Scan aberration and spillover loss are accounted for in the analysis to provide accurate performance data for the scanned beams in multiple-spotbeam reflector systems with 3- or 4-color frequency reuse, or in the beams generated by a digital beamformer.
Accurate modeling of frequency dependence
The physical optics module allows you to easily investigate the influence on the antenna performance of changing frequencies. This is a useful feature, e.g., for estimating the impact of different receive and transmit bands.
Contact us
Miguel Fullana
- Head of International Sales
- Tel.: +45 3334 6435
- E-mail: info@ticra.com