DocumentCode
1250856
Title
Solar panel scattering effects on reflector antenna performance
Author
Hwu, S.U. ; Johnson, L.A.
Author_Institution
Lockheed Martin Corp., Houston, TX
Volume
33
Issue
8
fYear
1997
fDate
4/10/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
650
Lastpage
651
Abstract
The effects of solar panel scattering on a Ku-Band reflector antenna performance are analysed. It is shown from computation and experiment that the solar panel scattering interference causes mainlobe gain decrease and sidelobe gain increase on the sum patterns, as well as null position shift and null depth decrease on the difference patterns
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave scattering; interference (signal); microwave antennas; performance evaluation; reflector antennas; Ku-Band reflector antenna; computation; difference patterns; experiment; interference; mainlobe gain decrease; null depth decrease; null position shift; reflector antenna performance; sidelobe gain increase; solar panel scattering effects; sum patterns;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970436
Filename
590935
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