Title :
Radome design for hat-fed reflector antenna
Author :
Geterud, Erik ; Yang, Jian ; Ostling, Tomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We present the design of a low loss homogenous radome to house a hat-fed reflector antenna for the Ku satellite communication band. The radome is made of polycarbonate and can easily be vacuum formed in series. Simulated and measured data show that the radome has a low reflection coefficient and low ohmic loss, as well as very little effect on the antenna radiation patterns over the required frequency band.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; radomes; reflectarray antennas; Ku-satellite communication band; antenna radiation patterns; frequency 10.75 GHz to 12.75 GHz; frequency 13.75 GHz to 14.5 GHz; hat-fed reflector antenna; low loss homogenous radome; ohmic loss; polycarbonate; radome design; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206059
