Title :
Estimating focal points of offset reflector antennas with misaligned defocused primary feeds
Author :
Pour, Z.A. ; Shafai, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
The practical challenge in locating the focal point of an offset reflector is addressed through the use of vectorial secondary radiation patterns of the parabolic offset reflector, when the primary feeds are axially defocused. Moreover, a more general case is investigated when the feed is rotationally misaligned along the symmetry plane of the offset reflector geometry.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; offset reflector antennas; focal point estimation; misaligned defocused primary feeds; offset reflector antennas; offset reflector geometry; parabolic offset reflector; rotationally-misaligned feed; symmetry plane; vectorial secondary radiation patterns; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Geometry; Microwave measurement; Reflector antennas; Offset reflector; feed misalignments; focal point; phase distributions;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3538-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2014.6905062