• DocumentCode
    1431005
  • Title

    Derivation and application of the equivalent paraboloid for classical offset Cassegrain and Gregorian antennas

  • Author

    Rusch, Willard V T ; Prata, A. Luizio, Jr. ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya ; Shore, Robert A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    8/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1141
  • Lastpage
    1149
  • Abstract
    The equivalent paraboloid is derived for classical offset Cassegrain and Gregorian antennas. The important practical case of systems with circular exit apertures is discussed in detail, and a condition for a symmetric equivalent paraboloid is derived. For such systems, diffraction effects are investigated using tapered and scanned feeds to illuminate the equivalent paraboloid and the two-reflector system
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; reflector antennas; circular exit apertures; classical offset Cassegrain antennas; classical offset Gregorian antennas; diffraction effects; equivalent paraboloid; radiation patterns; scanned feeds; tapered feeds; two-reflector system; Apertures; Ellipsoids; Feeds; Geometry; Optical computing; Physical optics; Physical theory of diffraction; Physics computing; Radio frequency; Systems engineering and theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/8.56949
  • Filename
    56949