Title :
Some challenging issues arising in the design of communication antennas - Large and small
Author_Institution :
Electromagn. Commun. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to discuss some challenging problems that we typically face when designing communication antennas, whether they are large or small. We illustrate these problems by considering consider some real-world examples, which we have come across recently when designing communication antennas, belonging to both large and small categories.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; radiotelescopes; communication antenna design; radio telescope; square kilometer array; Africa; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Australia; Frequency; Optical design; Phased arrays; Radio astronomy; Receiving antennas; Temperature sensors; SKA; antenna; radio telescope;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (COMM), 2010 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bucharest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6360-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICCOMM.2010.5508997