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
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