DocumentCode
851937
Title
Approximate theory for radiation from mesh reflectors
Author
Poulton, G.T. ; Zhou, Huimin ; Clarricoats, P.J.B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Queen Mary Coll., London, UK
Volume
24
Issue
23
fYear
1988
fDate
11/10/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1467
Lastpage
1468
Abstract
Reconfigurable shaped reflector antennas have potential applications in satellite communications and satellite broadcasting. When a metallic mesh is employed pillowing occurs between the points at which the reflector is constrained. The letter describes an approximate theory to explain the behaviour, and results are obtained which are in good agreement with exact analysis. The new theory allows key features to be identified which show that the principal effect is to produce gain loss, and furthermore that for an isotropic mesh tension does not influence this loss
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; gain loss; mesh reflectors; pillowing; reconfigurable shaped reflector antennas; satellite broadcasting; satellite communications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
46113
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