MECHANICAL ARCHITECTURE OF A BEAM FORMER FOR SINGLE-REFLECTOR MFPB ANTENNA WITH SHARING OF SOURCES IN TWO SPATIAL DIMENSIONS, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE BEAM FORMER

摘要

The mechanical architecture of the beamformer comprises a plurality of elementary combination circuits (11) and a support structure (10), the elementary combination circuits (11) being independent of each other, each elementary combination circuit being intended at the formation of a beam, the support structure (10) comprising two upper and lower interface metal plates (13, 14), the two interface plates being arranged parallel to one another and spaced apart one from the other. the other, in a direction of height Z orthogonal to the two interface plates, the elementary combination circuits (11) being mounted in the space between the two interface plates (13, 14) and fixed perpendicularly to the two plates interface.