SBIR Phase II: SATCOM TECHNOLOGY OF ELABORATE LUNEBURG LENS ANTENNA

这一小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是开发一种通常称为VSAT（甚小孔径终端）的全卫星通信（satcom）终端，用于固定和移动的平台，如住宅、有人驾驶和无人驾驶飞行器和船舶。这种新型卫星通信天线可用于低、中、地球同步轨道（LEO/MEO/GEO）。廉价、快速的原型设计将促进卫星通信技术的普及，为弱势群体、偏远地区的低资源企业、交通相关行业和国家安全服务。 该SBIR第二阶段项目旨在开发卫星通信天线技术。该技术推动了当前卫星通信天线技术的技术极限（“碟形”天线和相控阵天线，也称为电子可操纵天线，平板天线等）。技术能力指标包括极高的数据带宽输出，是当前带宽的100倍，数据流量速度是当前技术速度性能的100倍。此外，这种方法提供了可靠的、可靠的连接，具有覆盖大空间角度的视角能力。雷达应用中使用的大视角使防御作战具有独特的天空战术扫描优势，并提供同时与多个飞行目标交战的能力，即，洲际弹道导弹（ICBM）或无人机。与当前天线相比，这种方法占用的空间相对较小，解决了国防工业中遇到的几个能力差距。 它还解决了困扰地球上广泛地区的互联网连接/语音通信问题，使城市电缆通信网络和移动平台，如休闲和商业空中和海上运输更容易获得。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to develop a full satellite communication (satcom) terminal commonly known as VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) for fixed and mobile platforms such as residences, manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, and maritime crafts. This novel satellite communication antenna can be used for Low, Medium and Geosynchronous Earth Orbits (LEO/MEO/GEO). Inexpensive, rapid prototyping will promote the proliferation of satcom technology that will serve disadvantaged communities, low resourced businesses in remote areas, transportation-related industries, and national security. This SBIR Phase II project seeks to develop a satcom antenna technology. The technology pushes the technical limits of current satcom antenna technologies (‘dish’ antenna and phased-array antenna also known as electronically steerable antenna, flat panel, and others). The technical capabilities metrics include an extremely high data bandwidth output that is 100 times current bandwidth and a data traffic speed that is 100-times that of current technologies for speed performance. In addition, this approach provides reliable, dependable connectivity with a view angle capability that covers a large spatial angle. The large view angle, used in radar applications, enables a unique tactical scanning advantage of the sky for defense operations and provides simultaneous engagement capability to several flying targets at once, i.e., Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) or drones. With a relatively small footprint compared to current antennas, this approach addresses several capability gaps encountered in the defense industry. It also addresses internet connectivity/voice communication issues that have plagued extensive areas of the earth, making urban cable communication networks and moving platforms such as leisure and commercial air and maritime transportation more accessible.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.