Title :
A history of reflector antenna development: Past, present and future
Author :
Rahmat-Samii, Y. ; Smore, A. Den
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of a reflector antenna is to confine most of the electromagnetic energy over a distributed aperture into a focal plane for communication or energy transfer; whereas, the purpose of this article is to focus a good portion of the history of reflector antenna development over a large time frame - including present and future - into a few pages.
Keywords :
reflector antennas; distributed aperture; electromagnetic energy; reflector antenna development; History; Reflector antennas; antenna; astronomy; communication; history; plantery missions; radar; reflector; remote sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Belem
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5356-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1679-4389
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427640
