• DocumentCode
    3330732
  • Title

    Shaped contour beam synthesis using a single shaped reflector and a single feed element

  • Author

    Cherrette, A.R. ; Lee, S.W. ; Acosta, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    6-10 June 1988
  • Firstpage
    141
  • Abstract
    An iterative method is presented for synthesizing a single shaped reflector when the feed pattern and beam shape is specified. The method is based on aperture phase synthesis. A continental US (CONUS) beam with directivity greater than 28.0 dBi over the coverage area was achieved with a 24-wavelength shaped-reflector. This performance is comparable to that of equal aperture size, except that losses for the shaped reflector are much lower.<>
  • Keywords
    antenna feeders; antenna radiation patterns; antenna reflectors; aperture phase synthesis; feed pattern; shaped contour beam syntheses; single feed element; single shaped reflector; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Apertures; Laboratories; NASA; Network synthesis; Optical surface waves; Optimization methods; Phased arrays; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1988. AP-S. Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Syracuse, NY, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1988.94011
  • Filename
    94011