Domed Metamaterial Periodic Radiator IOT41 Model Photo (Courtesy of Global Konet)
Global Kone, a satellite antenna company, has signed an industry-academic joint technology development agreement with Incheon National University to develop a metamaterial cube without signal attenuation even at the low profile angle of its existing electron beam steering antenna (ESA Antenna).
The electronic ESA antenna had the disadvantage of being lowered by up to 5 dB compared to the vertical signal at an angle of 10ยฐ to 30ยฐ lower than the ground. In August 2022, Global Konet, an ESA antenna company, and Incheon National University, which has specialized in metamaterial development technology, signed an industry-academic cooperation agreement to develop leading technologies to explore overseas markets. In November, a project to support the industry-academic cooperation leading university development project (LNC 30) was selected to develop a "periodic radiator with a dome-type metamaterial surface" and signed an agreement for an industry-academic joint technology development task.
Global Konet is expected to develop into a leading company in the ESA antenna field as it plans to produce satellite antennas that combine metamaterial surfaces with existing KA-band phase array antennas and KU-band antennas when this technology development is completed in 2023.
Founded in 2016, Global Konet launched the K-folder antenna that can communicate in deserts or remote areas using the Apple iPhone 13 and the Phased Array chip that can communicate with low-orbit satellites on the Huawei phone, and the electron beam steering antenna produced by Global Konet provides satellite service through the same low-cost configuration through small-sized LEO satellites such as Starlink, which is serviced by SpaceX.
"Satellite antennas are all similar on the outside, but unlike conventional circular antennas, we have an 8-channel honeycomb structure in the form of a flat array with low height and light weight, and the technologies in them are heaven and earth," said Kim Yeon-gon, CEO of Global Konet ย in an explanation of the product. "Elevation's performance is most important to what temperature it can receive the signal, but its angle is generally as low as 10 degrees, reducing signal loss by tracking the signal to the end even when the low-orbit satellite moves, so it can receive more signals, so the range of transmission and reception is wide," he explained.
Meanwhile, Global Konet ย has been selected as a promising company in the field of next-generation electron beam steering antennas, an essential performance of low-orbit satellite (LEO Satellite) and HTS satellite antennas, and is selling IOT models of ultra-delay connections and large-capacity communication services by solving the complexity of installation and maintenance difficulties, which are the disadvantages of traditional satellite communication services.
/ Reporter Kim Do-hyun yeasman@incheonilbo.com
Source: Incheon Ilbo (https://www.incheonilbo.com )
Domed Metamaterial Periodic Radiator IOT41 Model Photo (Courtesy of Global Konet)
Global Kone, a satellite antenna company, has signed an industry-academic joint technology development agreement with Incheon National University to develop a metamaterial cube without signal attenuation even at the low profile angle of its existing electron beam steering antenna (ESA Antenna).
The electronic ESA antenna had the disadvantage of being lowered by up to 5 dB compared to the vertical signal at an angle of 10ยฐ to 30ยฐ lower than the ground. In August 2022, Global Konet, an ESA antenna company, and Incheon National University, which has specialized in metamaterial development technology, signed an industry-academic cooperation agreement to develop leading technologies to explore overseas markets. In November, a project to support the industry-academic cooperation leading university development project (LNC 30) was selected to develop a "periodic radiator with a dome-type metamaterial surface" and signed an agreement for an industry-academic joint technology development task.
Global Konet is expected to develop into a leading company in the ESA antenna field as it plans to produce satellite antennas that combine metamaterial surfaces with existing KA-band phase array antennas and KU-band antennas when this technology development is completed in 2023.
Founded in 2016, Global Konet launched the K-folder antenna that can communicate in deserts or remote areas using the Apple iPhone 13 and the Phased Array chip that can communicate with low-orbit satellites on the Huawei phone, and the electron beam steering antenna produced by Global Konet provides satellite service through the same low-cost configuration through small-sized LEO satellites such as Starlink, which is serviced by SpaceX.
"Satellite antennas are all similar on the outside, but unlike conventional circular antennas, we have an 8-channel honeycomb structure in the form of a flat array with low height and light weight, and the technologies in them are heaven and earth," said Kim Yeon-gon, CEO of Global Konet ย in an explanation of the product. "Elevation's performance is most important to what temperature it can receive the signal, but its angle is generally as low as 10 degrees, reducing signal loss by tracking the signal to the end even when the low-orbit satellite moves, so it can receive more signals, so the range of transmission and reception is wide," he explained.
Meanwhile, Global Konet ย has been selected as a promising company in the field of next-generation electron beam steering antennas, an essential performance of low-orbit satellite (LEO Satellite) and HTS satellite antennas, and is selling IOT models of ultra-delay connections and large-capacity communication services by solving the complexity of installation and maintenance difficulties, which are the disadvantages of traditional satellite communication services.
/ Reporter Kim Do-hyun yeasman@incheonilbo.com
Source: Incheon Ilbo (https://www.incheonilbo.com )