A UTD-OM technique to design slot arrays on a perfectly conducting paraboloid

Author

Kaifas, Theodoros N. ; Samaras, Theodoros ; Siakavara, Katherine ; Sahalos, John N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Volume

53

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1688

Lastpage

1698

Abstract

A procedure that can be employed to design slot arrays on smooth convex conducting surfaces is presented. The uniform theory of diffraction (UTD) for the analysis and the orthogonal method (OM) for the synthesis have been used. Detailed description of the method is given and it is accompanied by a design study of a slot array on a perfectly conducting paraboloid. UTD has been applied after a proper re-construction and re-evaluation of the diffraction integral. Thus, a method for treatment of caustics formed on convex surfaces comes out as a by-product of our study. Coupling phenomena between two slots on convex surfaces are also addressed.

Keywords

conducting bodies; conformal antennas; electric admittance; electromagnetic coupling; geometrical theory of diffraction; ray tracing; slot antenna arrays; UTD; caustic; conformal array; coupling phenomena; diffraction integral reconstruction; diffraction integral reevaluation; mutual admittance; orthogonal method; perfectly conducting paraboloid; ray-tracing; slot array design; smooth convex conducting surface; uniform theory of diffraction; Admittance; Aerodynamics; Geometry; Mutual coupling; Physical theory of diffraction; Physics; Ray tracing; Space vehicles; Surface reconstruction; Surface treatment; Caustics; conformal arrays; diffraction theory; mutual admittance; orthogonal method (OM); ray-tracing; slot arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2005.846791

Filename

1427926