Title :
The vehicular minimum scattering antenna
Author :
Tripp, Victor K.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The abstract approach of C.G. Montgomery, R.H. Dicke, and E.M. Purcell (Principles of Microwave Circuits. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1948) and W.K. Kahn and H. Kurss (IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol.AP-13, p.671-5, Sept. 1965) is used to develop a theory to define a vehicle-mounted minimum-scattering antenna. Such an antenna is minimum-scattering in the sense that the scattering perturbation of the vehicle contains no more power than the power absorbed by the antenna. Scattering due to such an antenna will conform to the antenna radiation pattern. Such antennas, defined by their radiation patterns, exist for general reciprocal vehicles.<>
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; electromagnetic wave scattering; mobile antennas; EM wave scattering; antenna radiation pattern; antenna theory; power; scattering perturbation; vehicles; vehicular minimum scattering antenna; Antenna theory; Electromagnetic scattering; Land vehicles; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas; Road vehicles; Slot antennas; Space vehicles; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1989. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1989.134791
