DocumentCode
995951
Title
A half blinder for reducing certain sidelobes in large horn reflector antennas
Author
Thomas, David
Author_Institution
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., North Andover, MA, USA
Volume
19
Issue
6
fYear
1971
fDate
11/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
774
Lastpage
776
Abstract
The use of blinders to reduce certain high sidelobes in the azimuth (transverse) plane radiation for horizontal (transverse) polarization is discussed. A half blinder is presented which reduces objectionable high sidelobes 8 to -62 dB, and maintains low sidelobes elsewhere.
Keywords
Horn antennas; Reflector antennas; Apertures; Azimuth; Diffraction; Frequency; Horn antennas; Lighting; Polarization; Predictive models; Reflector antennas; Shape;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1971.1140038
Filename
1140038
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