Losses, sidelobes, and cross polarization caused by feed-support struts in reflector antennas: design curves

Author

Kildal, Per-Simon ; Olsen, Erik ; Aas, J.A.

Author_Institution

Norwegian Inst. of Technol., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

36

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

190

Abstract

In a symmetrical reflector antenna the feed system and its support struts block the aperture and thereby deteriorate the radiation characteristics. Simple design curves are presented for the efficiency reduction, the sidelobe levels, and the cross polarization caused by strut blockage. The results are obtained from an analytical study that includes the induced field ratio (IFR) of the struts. The most significant IFR values for struts with circular cross section are calculated and plotted in a way which makes them easy to use as design curves. The use of the design curves is demonstrated by an example

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna reflectors; antenna theory; electromagnetic wave polarisation; losses; reflector antennas; cross polarization; design curves; feed-support struts; losses; reflector antennas; sidelobes; strut blockage; symmetrical reflector antenna; Antenna feeds; Aperture antennas; Dielectrics; Equations; Manufacturing; Polarization; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.1095

Filename

1095