Title :
Increasing prompt response of impulse radiating antennas through polarization control of aperture fields
Author :
Dogan, Mustafa ; Tyo, J. Scott ; Boddeker, James H. ; Buchenauer, C. Jerald
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Increasing the prompt aperture efficiency and prompt response of impulse radiating antennas (IRA) has been one of the most important recent areas of study. In this paper the theory of altering the polarization of reflected fields is verified experimentally for reflector IRA. We explore using this strategy to alter the reflected fields from the specific case of a half-IRA (HIRA) with Zline = 98Ω feed arms at 45° from horizontal.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; reflector antenna feeds; HIRA; aperture fields; feed arms; half-IRA; impulse radiating antennas; polarization control; prompt response; reflected fields; reflector IRA; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Design optimization; Feeds; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Reflector antennas; Solids; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551376
