• DocumentCode
    963083
  • Title

    Ray tracing method for doubly curved reflector surfaces

  • Author

    Sletten, Carlyle J.

  • Author_Institution
    Solar Energy Technology, Inc., Bedford, MA
  • Volume
    69
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    743
  • Lastpage
    744
  • Abstract
    Shaped reflector surfaces designed for microwave antennas are often defined by a regular grid of discrete points. A ray tracing procedure useful for computing aperture and power distributions produced by an arbitrarily shaped reflector surface is described.
  • Keywords
    Apertures; Equations; Microwave antennas; Ray tracing; Reflector antennas; Shape control; Solar energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1981.12051
  • Filename
    1456319