• DocumentCode
    1003556
  • Title

    Crosspolarisation due to radial field components in reflector antennas

  • Author

    Henderson, R.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Marconi Research Centre, GEC Research Laboratories, Chelmsford, UK
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    617
  • Lastpage
    618
  • Abstract
    The letter stresses the importance of including the radial component of the transmit field of the feed horn when analysing reflector antennas. Omission of this component leads to errors in the prediction of crosspolar patterns similar in magnitude to those produced by diffraction effects within a dual reflector antenna.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; current distribution; electromagnetic wave polarisation; reflector antennas; EM polarisation; conical horn; crosspolar patterns; feed horn; included currents; radial field components; reflector antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850435
  • Filename
    4250623