Comparison of time-domain responses of reflector and phased array antennas

Author

Belcher, Melvin L. ; Corey, Larry E. ; Cotton, Rickey B. ; Leatherwood, Daniel A. ; Mitchell, Berry S.

Author_Institution

Georgia Tech. Res. Inst., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

460

Abstract

Antennas are designed to radiate a plane wave with a given polarization and frequency in a specified main beam direction. However, the time-domain impulse response will vary according to the architectural design of the antenna. This paper compares the main beam and sidelobe time-domain pattern response for phased array and reflector antennas

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; electromagnetic wave polarisation; radar antennas; reflector antennas; time-domain analysis; transient response; antenna architectural design; limited field-of-view; main beam direction; main beam time-domain pattern response; parabolic reflector antenna; phased array antennas; plane wave frequency; plane wave polarization; plane wave radiation; reflector antennas; series corporate-fed phased array; sidelobe time-domain pattern response; target engagement radar antenna; time-domain impulse response; time-domain measurements; Antenna arrays; Collimators; Delay; Directive antennas; Feeds; Frequency; Optical reflection; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar, 2001 CIE International Conference on, Proceedings

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7000-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICR.2001.984738

Filename

984738