Radiation analysis of parabolic cylindrical reflector antenna with a rectangular microstrip patch array as feed

Author

Luk, K.M. ; Yonglun Luo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Polytech. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

20-24 June 1994

Firstpage

974

Abstract

Reflector antennas have been used in microwave communications for many years. Research on reflector antennas in the past has been primarily focused on paraboloids. The cylindrical reflector antenna is impractical because of the large number of elements required in the feed array. Limited design information on this kind of antenna is available in the literature. In this paper, a parabolic cylindrical reflector antenna consisting of a cylindrical reflector with parabolic cross section and a rectangular microstrip patch linear array feed along the focal line is studied by the physical-optics technique. Radiation patterns and gain are determined. The result is useful for the design of low cost satellite TV receiving antennas.<>

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; linear antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; physical optics; reflector antenna feeds; antenna feed; design information; feed array; gain; low cost satellite TV receiving antennas; microwave communications; parabolic cross section; parabolic cylindrical reflector antenna; physical-optics technique; radiation analysis; radiation patterns; rectangular microstrip patch array; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Costs; Linear antenna arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave communication; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1994. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2009-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1994.407941

Filename

407941