• DocumentCode
    1024720
  • Title

    Surface tolerance loss for dual-reflector antennas

  • Author

    Rusch, Willard V T ; Wohlleben, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    7/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    784
  • Lastpage
    785
  • Abstract
    A formula is derived to evaluate the relative influence of subreflector and main reflector surface errors on overall tolerance loss for a dual-reflector antenna. Comparisons are made with the results of random-number simulation of surface errors in a Gregorian system.
  • Keywords
    Antenna tolerance analysis; Reflector antennas, multireflector; Apertures; Ellipsoids; Geometry; Integral equations; Length measurement; Lighting; Random number generation; Reflector antennas; Surface treatment; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1982.1142830
  • Filename
    1142830