PSL Antenna Designs and Applications

PSL Antenna Designs and Applications

Antenna Types

• Conformal-mount antenna design
  • 400 MHz to 6 GHz.
  • GPS (L1 & L2)
  • L-, S- and C-band Telemetry
  • Flight Termination
• Horn Antennas
  • Pyramidal
  • Double ridged
  • Quad ridged
• Helix

Applications 

• Telemetry
• Flight termination systems
• Radar transponder
• Navigation
• Electronic warfare
• Special applications

Design and Measurement

Design and Measurement

Measurement and analysis of antennas to include:

• Full radiation distribution pattern measurements in the on-site far-field anechoic chamber (1-18GHz)
• Principle plane pattern
• Polarization analysis
• Gain coverage

Design and analysis using

• ANSYS HFSS
• ANSYS Designer
• NEC
• NEC-BSC
• SolidWorks

Link Analysis

Link Analysis

Theater-wide missile telemetry link & FTS analysis simulation & planning

• Full 6 degree of freedom simulation 
• In-house software
• Satellite Tool kit

Conformal-Mount Antennas

Conformal-Mount Antennas

• Multi-band conical antennas
• Multi-band cylindrical wrap antennas
• Combinations of 
  • S-band TM
  • L-band TM
  • GPS
  • C-band radio Transponder
  • Etc.

Single - and multi-band patch antennas

• GPS, L1 & L2
• S-band/

Antenna Fabrication & Inspection

Antenna Fabrication & Inspection

Machine Shop Equipment includes the following:

• Manual Mills
• CNC Verticals
• Manual Lathes
• Vertical Machine Centers
• CNC Lathes

Shop Processes include:

• Anodizing
• Conversion Coating
• Etching
• Heat Treating 
• Plating (Nickel and Aluminum)
• Soldering
• Vacuum
• Welding

Each antenna built goes through quality assurance inspections throughout the process: 

• Mechanical Inspection 
• Electrical Inspection
• Full System Inspection
• Complete Final Inspection