Title :
Sensitivity of shaped offset Gregorian type reflector systems to mechanical mounting errors
Author :
Young, Abram ; de Villiers, Dirk I. L. ; Davidson, D.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract :
A study of the directivity sensitivity to mechanical displacements in shaped offset Gregorian type reflector systems is presented. It is shown that, for small mechanical mounting errors, aggressive shaping for high directivity does not result in a more sensitive system.
Keywords :
mountings; reflector antennas; aggressive shaping; directivity sensitivity; mechanical displacements; mechanical mounting errors; shaped offset Gregorian type reflector systems; Apertures; Feeds; Gain; Geometry; Sensitivity; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5705-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632489
