• DocumentCode
    445111
  • Title

    Patch antennas: an alternative feed to reflectors

  • Author

    Yang, Songnan ; Lee, Sungwoo ; Fathy, Aly E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
  • Volume
    3A
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    642
  • Abstract
    Feed horns are best suited for reflector feeds. They have extremely low side lobe levels and can be easily designed to sustain a certain field distribution over the aperture of these reflectors. At the same time, patch antennas can be easily printed and included as part of an integrated LNB feed for these reflectors. Issues related to the integrated feed and conditions for a patch array to replace the feed horn design are addressed.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; reflector antenna feeds; feed horns; integrated LNB feed; integrated feed; patch antennas; patch array; reflector feeds; side lobe levels; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Costs; Gain measurement; Geometry; Horn antennas; Patch antennas; Reflector antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8883-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2005.1552335
  • Filename
    1552335