• DocumentCode
    3008380
  • Title

    Some challenging issues arising in the design of communication antennas - Large and small

  • Author

    Mittra, Raj

  • Author_Institution
    Electromagn. Commun. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    10-12 June 2010
  • Firstpage
    3
  • Lastpage
    6
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications (COMM), 2010 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bucharest
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6360-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCOMM.2010.5508997
  • Filename
    5508997