• DocumentCode
    2777194
  • Title

    A limited electronically scanned Cassegrain antenna at Q-band

  • Author

    Wokurka, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Rockwell International, Seal Beach, CA, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    25-29 June 1984
  • Firstpage
    941
  • Lastpage
    944
  • Abstract
    A unique limited scan satellite antenna at Q-band (44GHz) is described. The configuration presented is a conventional Cassegrain reflector systefme d by an electronically scanned phased array with a dielectric "field lens" between the array and the subreflector. The purpose of this field lens is to reduce the scan loss of the single scanned beam as compared with other limited scan configurations. A mall 18 inch diameter proof-of-concept (PoC) model was designed, built and tested. The measured performance of the model agreed quite well with computer calculated patterns and it is therefore felt that calculated predictions of a full scale model would also be accurate.
  • Keywords
    Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Brain modeling; Diffraction; Gain measurement; Lenses; Optical design; Phased arrays; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1984
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1984.1149214
  • Filename
    1149214