Title :
Designing classical offset Cassegrain or Gregorian dual-reflector antennas from combinations of prescribed geometric parameters. Part 2: feed-horn blockage conditions
Author_Institution :
ICT Centre, CSIRO, Epping, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
This paper is a short appendix to [C. Garnet, June 2002], where a classical offset Cassegrain of Gregorian dual-reflector antennas were designed from combinations of prescribed geometric parameters. However, in [C. Garnet, June 2002], the model assumed a point-source feed, and did not take into account the physical dimensions of the feed horn needed to illuminate the subreflector. Now, as in [C. Garnet, April 1998], we consider a feed horn. The feed horn is therefore simulated as a cone, which is a fair description in most cases, and is sufficient in the initial design stage of an antenna.
Keywords :
horn antennas; reflector antenna feeds; Cassegrain dual-reflector antennas; Gregorian dual-reflector antennas; feed-horn blockage conditions; geometric parameters; point-source feed; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Australia; Equations; Flanges; Geometrical optics; Geometry; Horn antennas; Reflector antennas;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2003.1282183