Title :
Analysis of circular reflector antenna covered by concentric dielectric radome
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Dokuz Eylul Univ., Izmir, Turkey
Abstract :
The radiation from a two-dimensional cylindrical reflector antenna with a concentric dielectric radome is analyzed in an accurate manner for both H and E polarization cases. The problem is first formulated in terms of the dual series equations, and then it is regularized by using Riemann-Hilbert problem technique. The resulting matrix equation is solved numerically, with a guaranteed accuracy, and sufficiently little CPU time is needed. The feed directivity is included in the analysis by the complex source point method. Various characteristic patterns are obtained for the front-fed reflector antenna geometries in this study.
Keywords :
"Reflector antennas","Dielectrics","Ray tracing","Optical surface waves","Equations","Feeds","Apertures","Optical scattering","Moment methods","Patch antennas"
Journal_Title :
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation