Research Article

Ku Band Hemispherical Fully Electronic Antenna for Aircraft in Flight Entertainment

Table 1

Antenna performances requirements.

RequirementsAntenna

Radiation gain pattern over RF bandIn agreement with (*)
Operative antenna field of view 360°
90°
G/T over RF band, in the entire field of view and for every selectable polarization>8 dBK-1
EIRP over RF band, in the entire field of view>43 dBW
Number of beams1
Cross polarization discrimination (including pointing error)>15 dB

(*) Ref. [5]