DocumentCode
1022727
Title
Preliminary design of large reflectors with flat facets
Author
Agrawal, Pradeep K. ; Anderson, Melvin S. ; Card, Michael F.
Author_Institution
RCA Missile and Surface Radar Division, Moorestown, NJ
Volume
29
Issue
4
fYear
1981
fDate
7/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
688
Lastpage
694
Abstract
A concept for approximating curved antenna surfaces using flat facets is discussed. A preliminary design technique for determining the size of the reflector surface facets necessary to meet antenna surface accuracy requirements is presented. A proposed large microwave radiometer satellite (MRS) is selected as an application, and the far-field electromagnetic response of a faceted reflector surface is compared with that from a spherical reflector surface.
Keywords
Microwave radiometry; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas; Apertures; Equations; Geometry; Joining processes; Microwave antennas; Microwave radiometry; Reflector antennas; Response surface methodology; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1981.1142631
Filename
1142631
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