At 10:05 AM 4/2/2007, Dick Jansson-rr wrote:
And while Lou reminds us of power
consumption, it should also be noted that getting rid of the dissipated
power can also be a significant issue.
Absolutely correct. However, all of the C-band antenna
architectures we have discussed have a PA at each antenna element, and
these PAs dissipate most of the power, so the thermal engineering issues
are the same in all the architectures.